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  • Your options will depend on how much effort you are willing to put in and what other services you have access to (or are willing to run).

    For example, do you have a Network Video Recorder (NVR) or something like Home Assistant that can consume a Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) or Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) video feed? Can you modify your network to block all internet traffic to/from the doorbell? Are you comfortable using a closed source, proprietary app to setup the doorbell? Is creating your own doorbell feasible?

    I'm not aware of a doorbell that you can buy which meets all of your requirements without at least one of the items I mentioned above. Additionally, I believe the only doorbell that meets all your requirements is building your own doorbell. However, some other brands that will get close to meeting your requirements are Reolink and Amcrest.

  • I believe the features you're referring to (Raise Wrist and/or Shake Wake within the Wake Up settings) don't keep the watch screen on. Instead, I think they just trigger the watch screen to turn on and it stays on for however long the Display timeout setting is set to.

    The only way I'm aware of to extend the Display timeout is to touch the watch screen while its on, a notification to come through, or certain apps like the stopwatch to be active. I also experienced issues with apps closing due to notifications coming through so relying on an app to keep the screen on may not be reliable.

    If the screen turns off (even for a split second to allow one of the Wake Up settings to trigger the display back on), the watch will stop recording the heart rate and take another 5+ seconds to start recording the heart rate again.

    The only way to suppress the Wake Up settings is to either manually disable them or turn on the "night mode" you mentioned.

    Sorry if I'm wrong in any of this. I'm not certain how it all works. This has just been my experience with it.

  • There are a few recommendations for the PineTime in this thread. It is a great privacy focused smartwatch, but I don't think you would be happy with it based on your requirements. It is not a device that allows you to go for a run and keep your phone at home.

    The storage on the device is extremely limited, which prevents you from playing any audio (eg songs, podcasts, etc) directly. The device does not have any wireless connectivity (outside of Bluetooth) so it cannot stream any audio either. I'm not certain if you can even connect it to wireless headphones. It does not have any speakers either.

    The watch has some apps, but there are no apps that are well suited for fitness. It does count steps well, but it does not directly calculate distance, pace, etc. It also does heart rate, but, currently, the watch screen must be on for it to record the heart rate. I think the longest the watch screen will stay on for is 30 minutes without any interaction, which may be too short for long runs or bike rides. Additionally, I'm not aware of any GPS/location tracking functionality.

    Lastly, since the apps are limited and there is no advanced wireless functionality, you can't use it for things that you may be used to for on the go activities. For example, you won't be able to use it to pay for a drink half way through a run or call someone if you hurt your ankle a few miles from your destination.

    With all that said, I still highly recommend the PineTime as a privacy focused, FLOSS, smartphone companion, smart watch. I don't think you'll find these features in any other device, particularly at this price point. However, you will be extremely disappointed with it if you're getting it so you can take it on runs while leaving your phone at home.

  • Agreed. It would also be nice if they provided the source code, especially since its just a fork of an opensource project. Hopefully Beeper is at least up-streaming new features, bug fixes, etc.

  • Yes, there is a Linux desktop Electron app. Beeper provides the below links to download Beeper clients on Beeper's Download page.

    The source code for the above clients are not available though. Beeper's self-host repo claims that the clients are closed-forks of Element's Android, iOS, Desktop, and Web apps.

    However, Beeper's self-host Github repo outlines the steps required to self-host Beeper's web service, which is essentially a Synapse Matrix server, Mautrix bridges, and other bridges/bots/services to help run the Matrix Server and connect the Matrix Server to other services.

  • Jitsi isn't really a Slack alternative. Instead, it's more of a Zoom alternative.

    However, Matrix is a great Slack alternative. Slack channels are similar to Matrix rooms, which can be organized into Matrix spaces. Matrix supports threads, replies, attachments, and formatted text like markdown or HTML. Slack's snippet functionality is not as great on Matrix and Slack's integrations with other services are likely easier to setup. There is likely a bunch of other pros/cons to Slack/Matrix depending on your use cases. The caveat is that you'll need to use a Matrix client and Matrix homeserver that support the Matrix functionality that you want.

  • I'm not aware of any great FOSS/FLOSS Tasker alternatives. There are a few options, but they will be less capable, functional, extensible, user friendly, or modern.

    More direct alternatives

    Requires a server to run automations/dcripts

    Requires scripts and may require a server and/or additional add-on apps

  • Thanks for confirming.

    XMPP really needs better clients - even the good ones feel dated. Hopefully the timeline was not pushed back too much, if at all, and that this redesign can be the start of modernizing XMPP clients.

  • Didn't know about this. That's interesting!

    Are you referring to this c3 branch? If so, there havent been any commits or pull requests for a few months now. Is there a timeline posted anywhere for the "soon-ish" release of the redesign?

  • I wasn't aware of the arkenfox-cleanup.js script. However, I try to run the updater script either after each Firefox update or every few weeks.

    Is there any need to run the cleanup script if the updater script is run regularly?