Yeah, that's about it. You can watch it directly in the browser as well.

Just checked out Seal. My impression:

It uses the same backend as MeTube (yt-dlp), so they have the same capability as far as website support and file formats.

Seal looks like a good option if you don't have access to your home network or if you don't have a dedicated machine to host things.

I still prefer MeTube because it's a web UI that I can access from any machine. I use a VPN to stay connected to my house so I could still use MeTube while away.

Is it primarily for iPhone users?

MeTube is just a web UI, not a phone app. It is accessible by any device that can see the local IP and port of the host machine.

I'm not PC but, one benefit of using a central server for syncthing is an always on backup that doesn't require another client device to be on, it also allows for easier creation of new shares.

For example, with syncthing you can set the "servers" client device to auto approve/accept any shares that are to trusted devices, then when you get a new device, instead of needing to add that device to every device you share on the syncthing network, you only need to add that device to the server and then you can have your other clients connect to the servers share instead of device to device. It's easier. You can also configure the shares on the server to use encryption by default too, since you don't really ever need to actually see the files on the server since it's basically a install and forget style client.

As an example of what I mean:

I have 10 different devices that run syncthing, 9 clients and a "server" client. these clients are not always on at the same time, and as such when I change a file, the files can become desynced and cause issues with conflicts. By having a centralized server, as long as the server is on(it always is) and client itself is online, it's going to always sync. I don't need to worry about file conflicts between my clients as the server should always have the newest file.

Then for example say my phone died. Instead of needing to readd every seperate client that the phone needs to share with to the new device, I only need to add the phone as a trusted source on the "server" client via the webui -> click share to that device on every share the phone needs, and then remap the shares to the proper directories on the mobile device. this is vs having to add every device to the phone, and the phone to every device it needs access to ontop of reconfiguring all the shares. It's simpler, but fair warning does cause a single point of failure if the server goes offline.

In addition to what others have said, Syncthing will use public relay servers if it can't make a direct connection between your devices. Everything is encrypted, so it's not unsafe or anything as far as i know, but if you want to run your own private Syncthing relay server, you can. (Or run your own public one)

For now you can use XMPP with the Slidge Signal gateway. At some point there will be an issue with Signal due to their centralized servers in the US and then you will be happy to not depend on it so much.

Luna looks promising. Haven’t tried it out yet though.

Mobile: Fossify Calendar with DavX5 as the interface (both from FDroid)

Laptop: Vivaldi's built-in Calendar

Tablets around the house: Home Assitant's calendar (I don't recall the specific integration, but it was a HACS one from memory)

Yup very. I get better search results every time

I moved all my books out of Amazon last year and host them for my family with Calibre Web. Jailbroke my Kindle and use KOreader exclusively, so I use Sync so that if I need to read while I'm out, I can just pick up on my phone.

KOReader is great, basically swiss army knife, you can configure everything. Not the most intuitive UI though.

My favorite part of koreader is the reading statistics and historical calendar view

Well now you've got me trying BSSG :p

Nice. Haven't tried IpFire but gonna give it a look. Been on OpnSense for a couple years now and have been enjoying it.

I think you will be back at Ipfire soon. OPNsense is a confusing mess and while IPfire certainly has its issues, at least it is easy to understand and it does what it is supposed to.

Yeah… I think the salute emoji might be Apple specific… I was trying for a respectful goodbye and a war metaphor seems appropriate given its name.

Just a nginx server. And it would show the cirrent battery. I had plans for other stuff, but the pixel 6a is a fire hazzard. And its too hot now for cells outside (almost 100 today). So it got decommisioned.

Now theres a meshtastic node connected tp the solar panels.

It works with most fediverse platforms (its in beta still, but gonna come out of beta soon!) not so much with lemmy as its more so microblogging