the F-Droid repository IzzyOnDroid has pretty good AI policy. (#)

We are strongly opposed to apps which are fully or in part created by generative AI tools.

thanks! will look into it

this is true, refurb drives should be avoided unless it’s a very good deal. used drives are fine as long as the conditions are clear.

it’s nothing complicated, if you want an easy to launch shortcut you can look into Termux Widgets and write a shellscript

needs root, but you can just write 0 to the sysfs brightness file (/sys/class/backlight/…/brightness or smth like that)

fyi XLibre is a Xorg fork by some MAGA who thinks ^ in C is for exponential not xor

nice phone! all of my phones i tested (with replacable battery) refuse to work without battery attached and almost instantly turns off if i ever detach it while running, even with power connected.

install ACCA to restrict battery charging current and capacity for safety

is this related to fosscord/spacebar?

you mean like irc-matrix bridges? i think you can use matterbridge…

i’m starting to think these people either don’t read the post body and only the title. or they’re bots? lol.

really don’t get it. they’re probably not paid to shill immich or something…

because i don’t want to use podman/docker? if you read the OP and the rest of the thread you wouldn’t have posted this comment…

yeah, it’s only job is to serve photos yet it needs a whole linux container to run… i get why some people like it but i said it’s not what i want.

it’s not that the deployment process looks hard. it’s an extremely complex piece of software, something that only provides “container” (read: full linux image) method for deployment because it’s too complex to install manually. if something ever goes wrong inside that container, i won’t be able to fix it.

no, it’s more about that i don’t want a separate linux installation on my freebsd server, all with its meaningless attack surfaces and such. i want something lightweight, and i specifically mentioned immich isn’t what i want in the OP. yet you folks are all downvoting and trying to persuade me to try that. no, i’m not using that.

after hearing it a few times i’ve tried it before and it’s not what i want. even ignoring the server part i hate that clunky google photos ripoff web interface.

it’s really not reliable especially for non techies. plus it’s a real p2p so…

just setup XMPP

if you do this, be sure to root and install ACCA to restrict battery charging and limit current for safety/longevity

this might actually work. thanks!

i have used DigiKam in the past, it’s more of an alternative to XnView not a selfhosted gallery… it doesn’t even support mobile phones or web

I really don’t want another complex service i have to manage. ideally i want something that’s a simple python/perl/php script or something like that.

forgot to mention in OP but I run freebsd on my server and it’s possible to run docker(podman) with linux emulation if it’s very necessary, but i prefer not to use it