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Recently switched from FolderSync to Syncthing - using Syncthing-Fork on my android smartphone.

Was easier to set up than expected. If you have lots of devices, read up on the introducer feature, it makes the connecting all devices to each other more convenient.

I recommend activating the time schedule feature for Android Smartphones to save battery, mine is set to run for 5 minutes every hour.

Sadly owned to a large part by an american investment company

This really could use some EU regulation. But probably not a very simple issue (especially the cameras I believe)

I think it’s not a distribution really, more of a set of layers on top of a distribution. Like a blueprint for how to setup a distribution for government use in a standardised way. Or sth like that, I didn’t really understand it completely.

Also making our governments dependent on a US organisation seems like a very bad idea, even if it is Ubuntu.

It’s a PayPal alternative, but developed in tandem with most European banks. That way, it will at some point also be used as backend for your normal debit and credit card payments, instead of VISA / MasterCard. If I remember correctly.

If AirVPN supports OpenVPN (it probably does), there is a way to have an OpenVPN connection that is not actively used unless you specify it for the app which you want.

For instance with qBittorrent you can select to use the VPN network interface in the settings. This has the nice advantage that it also acts like a kill switch.

It is a little bit finicky to set up for the average user, but if you have some basic tech skills it should be easy with the right guide. If you’re interested I canl try to find it.

Apparently the founders have 44% of voting rights. So not even the majority anymore…

Tbh I don’t think it’s possible to have a promising AI startup in Europe without American investors yeeting their money at it. We probably need to limit this legally.

Honestly I keep wondering how they manage to achieve as much as they do with the little funding they get. It’s incredibly impressive.

Did that one actually fail for valid reasons, or just because Microsoft blackmailed the city by moving their headquarter location?

Nah, they’re serious about it. Note that it’s just one of the 16 German federal states. The other 15 sadly don’t have the necessary courage or integrity to make the switch.