knF

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[–] knF 2 points 1 year ago

I love the feeling of Ducky but the lack of arrow keys in the Mecha Mini is painful...at least other keyboards are solving the issue with the tap/hold...

[–] knF 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for the reply, actually I wasn't aware of that functionality in Github, that's fantastic! If only I could have something similar selfhosted... :)

[–] knF 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, that was an option I had on table, just wanted to check if there was a "simpler" solution

[–] knF 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fantastic suggestion and thanks for the post, very clear! I played with NixOS some time ago but I totally missed this capability. Fits quite well my use case, thanks! And I found this extension that could make things easier: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=arrterian.nix-env-selector

[–] knF 1 points 1 year ago

I had a look at it but it doesn't seem to be able to create isolated dev environments on its own. Is it the case?

[–] knF 67 points 1 year ago

It's all developer's faults. If they only accepted the fair new pricing policy without protesting, this decision could have been avoided /s

[–] knF 1 points 1 year ago

That's a possibility for sure. My suggestion would be first to test the capability of the device before buying anything. Once you're satisfied with it, you can take the next steps and buy additional hardware. In my experience a USB-C -> ETH port was a great purchase as I was experiencing shaky WiFi connection possibly due to battery saving settings.

[–] knF 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Based on my personal experience at least one year on a 5 years old mobile. It can last longer but I decommissioned it because I got a NUC.

I had setup a charge limiter (between 20% and 80%) with Magisk, initially it was through an automation in homeassistant but the battery usage was very high.

In terms of charge cycles it was one or two per day max

[–] knF 7 points 1 year ago

Hello, that's perfectly possible, actually I was selfhosting on android until recently. You can find more info in this post: https://lemmy.world/post/5342541

Unless you need some heavyweight lifting and you're ok with installing directly the applications (no docker, sorry), that's a good portable homeserver.

My only suggestion: buy an ethernet adapter as the WiFi connectivity will drop sometimes.

Keep us posted!

[–] knF 2 points 1 year ago

I love your reviews, thanks for your great work!

[–] knF 6 points 1 year ago

It is possible nowadays: I'm hosting quite a few services on an 5 years old Android. Just with Termux, no root required. Of course connectef it's just to the internal network due to all the security concerns mentioned in the post.

To solve all the bandwidth/connection issues, I've bought a usbc-ethernet dongle that works like a charm.

To mitigate battery issues I've limited the charging to 85%.

I would never host Jellyfin there, but with webdav and Kodi I can get my media served easily to all my devices at home

[–] knF 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks a lot! Much better :)

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