If you’re able to, use GeoIP ranges to only allow access from the countries you want.

That immediately limits a lot of everything

Then - again if you’re able to - use a block list that covers known scrapers in case they’re in your country.

I use pfBlockerNG on my pfSense firewall for exactly this.

I think they meant they’re not a fan of Windows and having to update those programs individually…

Not brush, but flexible gromit strips will do the edge protection bit.

Then, dunno, postbox / door draught excluder brushes?

Ah, Ok, yeah Arch on ARM is struggling at the moment

I have / had some Ras Pis on it, but they wrapped up … Pi0? a while back, so had to look at Raspbian (or whatever it’s called now)… I’d not considered Gentoo for them… hmmm

Maybe I’ll check that out

Thanks

Interested in why you went back to Gentoo after Arch.

I use Arch (btw) and tried Gentoo back in the day, but it’s always in the back of my mind that compiling source could be “better”…?

I believe some manufacturers allow end users to claim the license cost back.

Do check the manufacturer’s T’s & C’s - you might need Windows if returning for hardware issues.

I take a full disk image of a new computer before powering it up, so that I can restore it exactly as it was when purchased.

Take a backup and go for it.

Personally, I ditched OMV for standard Arch Linux and just added the packages I wanted…

It was a weird mix of driving beat out cars / vans around farm fields (some of it during summer jobs… fantastic), gaming, walking / biking, then driving places with my friends and missing out on canabis… mostly good times

Stranger Things brought back a lot of memories for me, albeit without all the weird stuff.

This

x10

Mint is the best apparently

https://distrowatch.com/

I use Arch btw

Well, depends on what you mean by “better”:

https://tonyschocolonely.com/pages/tonys-timeline

Personally, I think it’s the best advertising point of these devices - “effortlessly” making your phone fully charged again.

That single (non-verbal) action has made more people reconsider their choice of phone than anything else.

This was great… great find and genius idea.

Yeah, I do get it - I pulled a (single) photo off my phone recently and it took “a second” (ie slurp of coffee), which - to me - is fine.

But, yeah, if I was browsing them all and copying loads… I get your point.

Which is exactly what I recently did with my 3+… all charging issues now solved and I didn’t have to spend days reconfiguring a new phone to how I like it

Yeah, me too.

t’s great ripping off the back of the phone and swapping a battery whilst all the iMoan users are staring in disbelief, tethered to the power outlets

But, how often do you use it for bulk file transfer though?

Everything on my phone’s transferred over wifi with syncthing… or https://pairdrop.net/ (etc)

Yeah, but as the old saying goes, if you like something you’ll tell 1 person, if you don’t like something you’ll tell 10 people…

I do agree, their support is really bad and they’ve acknowledged that. Whether it’s true or not, they’re saying they’re struggling to keep up due to demand…

All I can say is, my experience was completely positive.

So, no SIM-only contracts?

Go with a different network provider?

Or… get the absolutely cheapest thing they have, take out the SIM and use it in your phone?