What’s the last “safe” version on F-Droid? 2.0.11.2?

No mobile view :(

I gave the demo a quick try and I really like it. Simple and to the point, no unnecessary fluff. I might set this up at home.
Thank you for your work!

Edit: One thing, the demo exports notes as PDF with white text on white background. I assume this is a mismatch with the selected theme.

Get a N100/N150 system with 12GB+ RAM for ~150 €/$. Alternatively check for one with replaceable RAM.

To get experience with Linux you can install VirtualBox on Windows and set up some Linux virtual machines. It’s easier than most people think.

Because at least when you use their private routing feature messages go: sender -> custom sender’s server -> custom receiver’s server -> receiver

So unless sender and receiver are configured to use servers under your control, there will be at least one foreign server involved.

To be fair I’m not sure how that works, when you don’t use their private routing feature.

https://simplex.chat/blog/20240604-simplex-chat-v5.8-private-message-routing-chat-themes.html#private-message-routing

If you like SimpleX, you can host a server and configure your clients to use that. You don’t use only your server though, so I don’t know if this will satisfy your requirements.

OpenZiti allows to only allow predefined ports/services via VPN: https://netfoundry.io/docs/openziti

What could possibility go wrong? /s

If you’re looking for something similar but simpler, there’s Gameyfin.

Those 200MB/s probably weren’t synchronous transfers. The OS tells you the write was complete, but it actually hasn’t committed the data to disk yet. (Wild guess)

Do you have the 8GB version of the Pi 5? You shouldn’t set the ARC to 8GB then. Usually it about half of the available system RAM. I’d probably set it lower if there’s only 8GB available in total.

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Is that still done with that Mangos software?

Set up a “global” ignore file that gets synced between devices. Call it .stignoreglobal for example and and change the .stignore file (which doesnt get synced) on every device to only include #include .stignoreglobal. Now your ignore state gets synced between devices and you can make changes from anywhere.

Mine looks like this:

// Incomplete Downloads
*.part
*.crdownload

// OS-generated files
desktop.ini
Thumbs.db

// Cache
cache
spotifycache

// Unity analytics
Unity

// LineageOS updater
org.lineageos.updater

// No read access :(
/Android/{data,obb}

You can learn how to write one yourself here: https://docs.syncthing.net/users/ignoring.html

Other stuff:

• On Android I use this: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/
• Some Info on how you can reduce battery usage: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/blob/main/wiki/Info-on-battery-optimization-and-settings-affecting-battery-usage.md
• Make sure SyncThing is excluded from your phone’s battery optimizations (varies by vendor).
• To save on mobile bandwidth I have it set up to only sync on WiFi.
• You can set up a symmetric key (basically a password) and sync your stuff to a friends instance. Your friend will not be able to read the data without the key (make sure it’s a long random string). This also helps if you’re running a SyncThing instance on a VPS for example.

When SyncThing is correctly configured (battery optimizations , etc.), you won’t have any issues. (I’ve been using SyncThing for many many years now.)

At which point do you become organized crime?

Scalpers for highly sought-after hardware or just general lack of supply in specific regions.

Can’t say my Chuwi Larkbox X has any issues (other than missing a few QoL settings in the UEFI).

Take a look at some N100 devices (or N95/N150).