PRIVACY-first, DE-GOOGLED Android smartphone: MURENA 2 first impressions


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00:00 Intro
01:08 The Phone: Murena 2
02:36 Specifications
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This isn't the completely finalized design, so the back of the phone, and the protection that came in the box aren't completely final and might change a little.

The very point of the Murena 2 is to offer a privacy focused phone: it comes with /e/ OS, and it has a privacy switch to disconnect the cameras and microphone, and another switch to completely shut off any connectivity the phone has. The first switch, for the camera and mic is a physical one: it completely shuts off the connection to the camera and the mic.

The connectivity switch is purely software, and will just turn on airplane mode and will mute your phone, so it's more a "big do not disturb" mode than a privacy switch.

It comes with a mediatek CPU, with 4 performance cores at 2.1Ghz and 4 efficiency cores at 2 Ghz, it has 8 gigs of RAM, 128 gigs of storage, plus a micro SD slot. It supports dual SIM, and the OLED screen is 6.43 inches and a resolution of 1080x2400, plus a hole punch cut out for the selfie camera, which is 25 megapixels.

On the back, you get 3 camera lenses, one is the standard lens, at 64 megapixels, one is an ultrawide, at 13 MP and one is a telephoto lens at 5 Megapixels.

It has a 4000 milliamp hour battery, with support for high speed charging at 18W, it supports Wifi ac and bluetooth 4.2, and it's 4G, not 5G.

They also say they have a 6 out of 10 on repairability, and they'll offer spare parts and schematics for easy repair. They'll provide 5 years of support for the software at least.

On the Murena 2, /e/ OS runs OK. It's not perfectly smooth, animations can sometimes jitter a bit, but generally, the experience is what you'd expect from a mid range Android smartphone: it's not high refresh rate, buttery smoothness, but it's definitely not annoying. In some apps, you'll definitely notice stutters, like in the App Lounge when scrolling, but navigating the phone is good enough, and video playback and games run well.

Haptics don't seem to be perfectly configured yet, as typing on the keyboard provides a very tiny sort of clicky rattle instead of a nice vibration, and going back using gestures also doesn't feel super tactile, but that's probably because it's a pre production model.

The 2 privacy switches work perfectly, with the one on the right toggling airplane mode and do not disturb, and the one on the left shutting down the camera and the mic, both have a little LED as well to indicate that these switches are on, although handling of that could be improved, as launching the camera app with the privacy toggle on, will spit out an error, instead of a smoother message indicating your privacy toggle is on.

Testing the phone further, the screen is really nice and bright, with very vivid colors, it feels pretty damn nice to use, but that's probably because it's OLED.

The cameras are pretty basic, the telephoto had a very hard time focusing on anything for me, but the other 2 worked fine, although you won't find the same kind of post processing you'll get on most Android phones, so your pictures might not look as sharp or well balanced as on, say, a Pixel or even a Samsung A series phone. The front facing camera, though, is pretty solid, and produces nice pictures all things considered.

The speakers are decent enough for a phone, they won't blow you away or anything, but they get pretty loud without distorting too much or at all. They are bottom firing, there's no "stereo" speaker using the earpiece of the phone. The microphone isn't great though, your vocal messages and phone calls won't sound extremely crisp.

With the kickstarter, the phone is 399€, without it, it will be 499€.

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Sardarabat Meydan Muharebesi Zaferi ve
Ermenistan Birinci Cumhuriyeti’nin Kuruluşu

Kutlu Olsun.

Bağımsızlık ateşini taşıyanlara, direnmenin ne demek olduğunu tarih sayfalarına kanlarıyla yazanlara,
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6 OPNsense plugins that make a home network a joy to use


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“When you finally get tired of your ISP router, one of the most-recommended replacements is making your own with a custom OPNsense firewall. This puts the power back in your hands, limits what your ISP can do to your connection, and gives you plenty of protection and features you’ve been missing all this time. But one of the awesome things about OPNsense isn’t just that it’s a powerful router, but that you can make it even better by installing other services as plugins.”

OPNsense is a fork of PFsense, with a more modern UI, more regular updates, and slightly lighter resource requirements.

The plugins listed are all very useful, but it is worth also just making some comments about some of them here, as I’ve been using a few of them myself after having considered alternatives:

  • Zenarmor can be used for free, but it will then lack the device tracking and alerting for unknown devices, as well as the more advanced rules management and additional profiles. For me, the device identification and management was quite key. Zenarmor is ideal for protecting the LAN side of the firewall by inspecting every network packet, and blocking/altering regarding known and emerging threats. It is similar to the free ntopng plugin, but ntopng really only analyses and inspects, and does no blocking. If you are interested in buying the Zenarmor subscription, my referral code SVNCDQ4TQW294 will get you 10% off your first payment (month or year).
  • OPNsense does have a built-in IDS/IPS system, but the issue really is you have to configure the rules to be downloaded, and then set them to alert/block, and it is a rather cumbersome process.
  • CrowdSec is ideal for blocking threats from outside your WAN, also compared to known threats. The free version is usually good enough for most people, and it adjusts the blocking rules of OPNsense.
  • Tailscale is a remote access tool that is based on WireGuard. For me, its big advantage can be that it is easier to configure end devices for access, and it will work well with dynamic IP addresses. Although Tailscale is a commercial product, the free version will do what most home users require.
  • The linked article mentions os-git-backup plugin for backing up config changes, but I am using the Nextcloud plugin to back up automatically to my own Nextcloud.

It is really worth exploring the OPNsense plugins as they can provide some really rich extra functionality. Just bear in mind everything may not work, e.g. the SMART drive plugin does not work with my Protectli eMMC drive.

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Nice idea in concept, would probably be awful in execution considering the modern day version of a "low-poly model." That aside most MMOs already have some form of minimized graphic options for lower graphical power that boosts performance to hell and back.
To truly pull off something like this and make a minimized MMO, the game and engine would have to be developed from the starting point of assuming say maybe PS2-era hardware and work to add support upwards. :cirno_think: That way the entire thing from every design aspect could be shrunken down, not just the models and textures.

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How to set up a self-hosted newsletter using listmonk


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“Listmonk is an amazing feature packed self-hosted email newsletter manager. It offers loads of features like analytics (clicks, opens, bounces), templates, public subscription pages, importing subscribers and much more!”

Listmonk is not perfect, as it cannot by default trigger from an RSS feed (although there is a GitHub-based workaround) and it does still need to connect to a mail service. The latter could be a pro or a con, as it certainly gives flexibility and can for example connect to a free service like Gmail.

It does track opening of mails, mail bounces, etc and whilst some may not like this, the point is it is the individual sending the newsletter who tracks and acts on this. It is not some 3rd party corporate who is doing who knows what else with the addresses or embedded tracking.

I started using a “free” mailing subscription service, and I am regretting it now, as I’m getting suspicious of the embedding I did on my website to get it working (this after I removed Google tracking and other similar services).

I do like that listmonk offers the basics of having to actively opt into a mailing list, there are easy opt out options, wiping of user data, and it does all the basics most probably need. The pain though is sometimes finding a good mailing service you don’t have to pay for. Good one’s, for example Proton, don’t allow this type of functionality.

Interestingly, too, I see listmonk can connect using HTTP webhooks to send SMS, Whatsapp, FCM notifications, or any type of messages in fact.

So, I’ll be looking into this open source offering in future to migrate my own mailing list.

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tried out MX Linux. it is pretty decent so i do recommend to any who like playing around with other distros. as for me personally, not my cup of tea. i think the style Mint offers hits home very well (might be because i grew up on windoze 95).

next up is finding a 1-2TB SSD and swapping with the current one (laptop so only one at a time) and trying out Debian proper. Ubuntu is a great fall back but didn't really like the layout. just the support online is fantastic

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I agree that staying with Debian based distros saves a lot of time, as most things are documented really well and there's .deb packages for most software you'd want.

Devuan is essentially Debian without SystemD.

Here's the link to Devuan's website:

devuan.org/

I am currently using it on my main workstation, laptop and some servers.

#Debian #Devuan

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"Hayatın amacı yalnızca mutlu olmak değildir. Amaç; faydalı, dürüst, merhametli olmak ve geride, ne kadar küçük olursa olsun, dünyayı biraz daha iyi kılacak bir iz bırakmaktır.
Gerçek bir yaşam, yaşadığını ve bunu hakkıyla yaptığını gösteren bir miras aktarmaktır.

İster bir çocuğa göz kulak olarak, ister bir bahçeyi büyüterek, ister insan yaşamını iyileştirmek için çalışarak… asıl başarı, derinlerde hissedilen o kesinliktedir:
Senin varlığın sayesinde, en az bir yaşam daha özgürce nefes aldıysa, işte o zaman hayatın özüne dokunmuşsun demektir.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Une cure de détox numérique | ARTE Regards


Se passer de téléphone portable serait un véritable cauchemar pour la plupart des gens. C’est pourtant ce qu’acceptent de faire des lycéens de Dresde en Allemagne : pendant une semaine, ils n’ont accès ni à leurs smartphones, ni aux ordinateurs, ni à Internet.

Coupés du reste du monde et des réseaux sociaux, ces jeunes découvrent les vertus de la déconnexion sur leur vie, leurs relations amicales, leurs modes de communication et l’image qu’ils ont d’eux-mêmes. Leni, Mayu, Maxi et Emelie font partie de la génération Z, la première à avoir grandi avec les smartphones et Internet. Enfants du numérique, ils sont connectés en permanence, toujours joignables. Selon la dernière étude réalisée, ils passeraient en moyenne 9 heures par jour sur les écrans. Pour ces lycéens de Dresde, rester déconnectés pendant plusieurs jours de vie est donc un véritable défi. Ont-ils du mal à se passer des écrans ? Comment occupent-ils ce temps libre ? Un sevrage aussi radical a-t-il des effets secondaires ?

La détox numérique est devenue tendance. En Pologne, les participants à un stage de survie sous tipis ont une démarche encore plus radicale. Le temps d’un week-end, ils renoncent à quasiment tout le confort de la vie moderne.

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