What's your ebook download automation pipeline? And what do you use for library management — calibre, calibre-web, something else?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39088745

Lenovo or ASUS? Trying to figure out which laptop to go with.

Which company has a better reputation (in quality, privacy...), or are they both bad?

EDIT: I have come to the conclusion that both Lenovo and ASUS are extremely terrible, anyone who sees this post should go straight to framework laptop

Lenovo or ASUS? Trying to figure out which laptop to go with.

Which company has a better reputation (in quality, privacy, pricing...), or are they both bad?

EDIT: Please see https://lemmy.world/post/39088746, I have come the the conclusion that both Lenovo and ASUS are extremely terrible, anyone who sees this post should go straight to framework laptop

What’s the laptop right now with the best “Quality × Performance / Price” ratio? I want to make sure every dollar I spend is worth it.

• My budget is around $2,000 ± $500.
• I’m fine upgrading the hardware myself
• don’t need Windows preinstalled if that saves me money
• at least 32GB of RAM.
• Size: any
• Screen: any

Basically, I'm looking for a high-performance, high-quality gaming laptop that worth its money.

Thank you for your suggestions!

What is the best current gaming laptop that comes with Linux pre-installed? I don’t want to “pay Microsoft” by buying a Windows-licensed machine. Please suggest the best value-for-money option (original retail price) with 32 GB or more of RAM. I’m willing to upgrade hardware myself, but I want a high-quality, durable machine — I plan to use this laptop for more than five years.

“What is your budget?”

around $1,400 USD, but if there is a $2000 laptop with higher ratio of quality / price I would choose that one.

“What size do you want?”

Any normal size.

“What screen resolution?”

Any, as long as it’s not 720p.

“Which GPU?”

As good as possible, I care more about highest ratio of quality / price

“And if you want warranty, which country are you in?”

I don’t need a warranty.

I’ve been using Etar as my calendar app on Android and really like its simplicity and open-source nature. The only big feature I’m missing is the ability to drag and extend time blocks (events) directly in the calendar view—something that Apple Calendar and Google Calendar handle nicely.

Does anyone know of a privacy-friendly / open-source calendar app that support it?

I’ve been using Etar as my calendar app on Android and really like its simplicity and open-source nature. The only big feature I’m missing is the ability to drag and extend time blocks (events) directly in the calendar view—something that Apple Calendar and Google Calendar handle nicely.

Does anyone know of a privacy-friendly / open-source calendar app that support it?

I must share with you or I’ll die with this burning my soul!

"Wtfapp"

I must share with you or I’ll die with this burning soul!

"Wtfapp"

Unifying the Fediverse

Why are there so many separate platforms in the Fediverse like Mastodon, Lemmy, PixelFed, and PeerTube? It feels like they could all be part of one unified platform.

Posts

Text, images, and videos could just be treated as posts, all with comments enabled.

• Servers that don’t want to host videos could just have a setting to turn off video uploads.
  • That would let PeerTube function like Mastodon when video support isn't needed.

Lemmy + Mastodon + PixelFed

They all do basically the same thing — let people post stuff. So why split them up?

Forums can still work like Lemmy. If you want your post in a forum, cool. If not, that’s fine too.

Matrix + Posts

• As for messaging, I think Matrix could benefit from Signal-style encryption. Each message should be encrypted with a unique key, just like Signal does.

• Add a button like “See recent posts by this user” on profiles.
  • This would make it easier for people to switch over from Instagram or Facebook.

plugin-based development

I also think the Fediverse could grow faster if it were plugin-based, kind of like how Obsidian handles plugins. Development would be more modular and flexible.

• Servers could choose which plugins to enable.

• Devs could collaborate instead of reinventing the wheel across platforms like Mastodon, Lemmy, PixelFed, PeerTube, etc.
• This would create a richer, more customizable ecosystem that evolves together.

Questions

Also, just a question from someone who’s not a coder:

Why not just copy Signal’s encryption model?

Summarize

Each user can create posts (with or without a forum), follow forums, follow other users, have private chats, and join encrypted rooms.

This is just some personal rambling, so feel free to ignore it. But if any of it sounds useful, please share it with other people, especially the developers.

For people who are choosing between Librewolf and Brave

What Librewolf can do (but Brave can’t):

• Be run in a portable form
• Duplicate / manage user profiles easily
• Use a self‑hosted sync server
• Install most browser plugins on mobile (e.g. Iceraven)
• Use containers to separate cookies
• Store browser history permanently

What Brave can do (but Librewolf can’t):

• Provide a better mobile user experience, including:
  • smoother animations
  • quick switching between tabs (tab icon feature)
• Translate web pages on mobile devices