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  • I have an off-grid Linux box that hosts a local Wi-Fi network and some communication and entertainment apps. I want to host a chat service for asynchronous off-grid comms. Briar looked like the perfect option if I could just add the mail-box to my Linux box.

    Simplex looks like it might do something similar, but it doesn’t look like it does comms over direct Bluetooth.




  • Mikel@lemmy.farley.proOPtoTechnology@lemmy.worldAny Open-Source RCS apps yet?
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    1 year ago

    Signal is great, but it was unclear if I would be able to self-host my own Signal server if I wanted to support the public network and provide redundancy to my local LAN and connected networks.

    Every time I look at Matrix it looks really cool and sounds great. But each time I try to setup a client or actually use it, nothing works, apps crash, and I can’t actually use the dang thing. I tried setting up my own server, even tried using a public server with the Element web-app and still nothing worked, couldn’t join rooms, etc.

    Love the idea, haven’t seen a decent implementation yet. Honestly kinda wish there was PGP for sms or something like that. I couldn’t care less if the transport is insecure, as long as I can trust that only the intended recipient and myself can read/modify my messages.





  • Is there any reason these browsers would be more functional than regular Firefox with Sideberry or the Tree Style Tabs extensions?

    I use Sideberry at work and at home. Between the containers, folder sorting, tab sleeping, and snapshots, I haven’t found another browser configuration that’s as flexible and functional.

    Not to mention it works with any release or flavor of Firefox. So I don’t have to worry about weird issues with non-standard browsers.

    *Bonus points if you take the 10 minutes to setup a stylesheet to hide the default horizontal tabs.