Hooray for oglaf! I always seem to forget this comic strip exists just to remember about it again every couple of years. So funny and weird and sexy.

It’s true there are a lot of better alternatives to jami when it comes to privacy/security: Here’s a good comparison table:

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html

I saw your conversation on the simracing-channel and there seems to be some progress. I just realized from my notes that my handbrake does not cause any issues under linux even if it looks the same as yours. (They must have implemented the software differently on mine). I had to make some adjustments for the pedals and H-shifter but not the handbrake and just misremembered, sorry. Protopedal is what I used to get around the bug in proton, though. I think proton does not recognize a usb device as controller, if it does not have a certain number of buttons and/or axes.

I am glad to hear you got it to work! I think I took notes on how I got it to work. But I remember having also added a similar rule as you did at some point. I may be able to find my notes tomorrow.

I am pretty sure you need to configure more (fake) buttons for the handbrake, I had the same problem. Otherwise it does not get recognized as a gaming device.

I can look up later how I solved this or you can ask the simracing linux community, which helped me with a couple of similar pronlems before:

A place for all the niche of niche gamers to discuss and join other simracers!
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If YOU try to section me Mark you will have crossed a line and I will section you, so help me…

Blue LEDs are the worst offenders. No need to return it as long as you keep a bit of black tape ready. If you still need it as an indicator, you can use layers of yellowish tape. The one used while painting your walls works great. Masking tape it’s called in English.

Matrix seems a bit overkill. I think they would be better off with something like gotify.

Take a look at dontkillmyapp.com to see if your phone provider hinders your messages.

There is unified push as Google alternative as well, which works with the schildichat matrix client.

I would recommend buying used as well. Take a look at senmotic shoes. They are expensive but are also the most durable barefoot shoes I have found.

I did not find any instruction on the source page on how to actually deploy this. That would be a nice touch imho.

Roblox can also be installed via lutris on Linux.

I want a scheme for one with all the buttons. Gimme tactile!

Popos also has specific guides for these common errors:

https://support.system76.com/articles/bootloader

Some cars now even have break lights that shine brighter than the light of a thousand suns. I don’t get it, there ought to be some regulation for this. This is Germany speaking.

mumble works very well and is foss as well.

When is a door not a door?

I’ve been with 1984.is for a couple of years now. I think my domains cost around 12 Euros a year each. Their web GUI works fine and I’ve never needed to contact their customer service, so I cannot comment on that.

Openwrt generally works great on x64 PCs. Thiss machine will most likely be more beefy than your home router and could become your main firewall. It can handle adblocking and vpn client for all PCs on the network as well or whatever your need, as openwrt can do many nice things no commercial router can do out of the box. Install openwrt on your home router as well and use that as access point (connected via cable). You will improve your wifi signal as well. If your machine does not come with rj45 lan ports, install usb3 to rj45 adapters to the usb3.0 ports. They will give you the full 1000 mbit speeds.

You need to change the nginx config (for the website you will be hosting your services at. /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com

You can reroute all http requests to https in that config.

Watch a video on how nginx works and how to set it up, and then look for example nginx configs for your services. It’s a pretty standard setting nowadays so the syntax should be easy to find.

I think nginx can be setup to work locally only, but do you even need it for that? It’s primary use is to proxy http requests to the different websites running on your server, enable https via letsencryt and so on, I think.

I personally think blood omen was a way better game then all those 3d sequels. I would welcome a game in that style, kinda cool story and lots of secrets to be found.