I was just explaining the cause of the fuzzy position, but sounds like you’ve already got your head wrapped around that.

Agreed, I imagine most people (myself included) don’t want their exact location sent over a public channel.

That fuzziness is probably the default behavior.

In Radio Config > Channels > Channel 0 (LongFast, probably) there’s options for position enabled which will report a general area within a radius(?) of the slider a bit further below. There’s also a toggle for precise location which does what it says on the tin. But everyone with the same radio settings and channel 0 settings (likely almost every other meshtastic node in the area) will also receive your precise location, as I understand it.

My kneejerk thought is perhaps fixed position is set for some reason?

Would be Radio config > position > use fixed position if so.

Thought I’d pop in with a followup. Maybe useful if someone with similar needs stumble across this.

I did buy one of these are set it up via uTag. I am using a non-Samsung phone. I was unable to initially connect to the smart tag. This is a known issue https://github.com/KieronQuinn/uTag/blob/main/app/src/main/res/raw/faq.md#adding-a-tag-in-smartthings-is-not-working. I tried clearing the cache, force restarting, and trying again a few times without luck. But it occurred to me l also have a Samsung phone kicking around so set it up in SmartThings there, and now it works fine on my current phone.

It mostly meets my requirements and I’m happy with it as a solution (thanks for the suggestion!). But there is a possibility of encountering issues if you don’t have access to a Samsung phone.

I’ve gone down that rabbit hole since!

I don’t think the SeeedStudio T1000-E would be great for this specific use-case. It looks a bit bulky for a keychain attachment, and having to charge it every other day would be a hassle. The devices I originally posted about last for months on end on a battery/charge. And while it has a buzzer, It’s not yet clear to me how I would trigger that remotely.

Like I mentioned in a reply to non_burglar, I do have a potential use case for these, and meshtastic looks fun to play with besides. So I’ve ordered some meshtastic gear.

I was under the impression that they didn’t specifically require Samsung devices, so the uTag mention is very useful. I will more than likely go with this, thanks!

I mean, I was already resigned to something that is limited to a bluetooth device that’s in range since I refuse to use Google’s service and I don’t love the idea of being locked in to any other similar vendor owned solution. So for my purposes it seems to fit the bill.

I’ve only just started digging into Meshtastic (I previously had a vague awareness of the existence of mesh networks but no specific knowledge) but it is looks like just my kind of hobby. I also do have a potential use case for it. On a recent trip, my partner was having trouble with her eSIM. There were a couple of instances where we were apart but not a long distance from each other. If I’m understanding how this works correctly, this would fill that gap.

I’ll research the device but at a glance this looks great!

The find phone functionality is more of a convenience. I can also do this via FMD (FindMyDevice) https://fmd-foss.org/

I updated my post to indicate it as optional.

I can recommend Debian or Fedora. They are both mature distros that are pretty easy to install and generally work well with minimal fuss and are easy to maintain. I often see Linux Mint recommend, including in this thread. I’ve never used it so I can’t speak to it. But I have every reason to believe it’s a solid choice.

As for transfer process, since you mention using spare disks, NTFS filesystems are supported and you may be able to just copy files off of them. I don’t know if bitlocker is supported.

Phone, wallet. Keys if I need to drive. YubiKey if it makes sense.

I quite like this idea, thanks! If I did this I could adblock all the rest of my network, which might help with blocking ads on things like smart TV’s. I could also DMZ that wireless network. I would consider their devices untrusted (not malicious, just not careful), and they wouldn’t notice the difference.

What I’ve found helpful, specifically to the threadiverse is to occasionally scroll through all and find communities that sound fun, interesting, or uplifting to subscribe to. And otherwise browse by Subscribed. Makes it a more pleasant, less doomscrolly experience.

It’s not perfect. This is still a pretty niche place so that’s not a huge amount of content. And it doesn’t solve the problem of the vast, soulless modern internet as a whole. But still, it makes one thing a bit nicer, and that’s not nothing.

Also this. On some unremarkable HP office PC that’s probably about a decade old. No ad filtering or anything as it interferes with others in the house. I’ve thought about trying a second unbound serving with adblocking for me, but haven’t gotten around to it.

I ditched Fedora because I didn’t like the way the wind was blowing. I mention because despite having a bias against Redhat, I agree with most of the sentiment in the comments. I don’t think the future of Fedora is in any kind of jeopardy and if you’re happy with the distro, you should keep using it.

I love Linux, but I admit these are valid. I’ve had some of these same issues.

Sleep mode that doesn’t work consistently,

I haven’t had any issues with sleep on my devices, but I have in the recent past on previous hardware.

WiFi driver issues, printer driver issues, touchpad driver issues,

My WiFi doesn’t work at all on my desktop. Though it’s worked on a live image from another distro so seems likely to be an issue with the distro’s distributed kernel, not a Linux one. I run a rolling release distro so won’t be that the kernel is too old. But don’t care so haven’t troubleshot it much. My printer requires the use of vendor provided drivers, which are only available for some distros. It works, but not a solution I’m happy with. Never had touchpad issues.

several different wonky ways to install programs instead of just double-clicking an .exe and pressing “next-next-OK”,

I think package repos > collecting and installing your software piecemeal from all over the place. But having to deal with repos, flatpaks, appimages, etc. can be daunting.

random shutdown of programs for no reason or error codes

Sounds like an OOM process kill maybe? That’ll show in your kernel logs if so. But no immediate visual feedback.

…the list goes on. And on topnof that, all the stuff that people are used to using that just doesn’t run on Linux at all.

If there’s proprietary software that doesn’t run on Linux that someone wants/needs to run and there aren’t any viable alternatives then yeah, probably a non-starter. There’s wine of course but it can be a crapshoot. No shade intended towards the project. It’s amazing what it can do, even if it can’t do everything.

Agreed. I generally don’t mind .ml.

Found myself curious enough to check.

As of this very moment, lemmygrad [dot] ml and hexbear [dot] net are showing on lemmy.blahaj.zone’s blocked instances list. Lemmy [dot] ml is not.

Edit: typo and no tankie hyperlinks.

Until they want to play a multiplayer game with their friends, that doesn’t work because of Anti-Cheat

It’s my understanding that anti-cheat CAN work in Linux and does with some games. The point is still valid of course. If a specific game someone wants to play doesn’t work, that’s going to be a frustrating experience. But still I foresee the percentage of Linux gamers will continue to grow. And gaming companies increasingly making sure to use anti-cheat software that does work with Linux, as that market share is becoming too large to ignore.

Death Stranding

I’ve hated tofu every one of the few times I’ve tried to prepare it. Undoubtedly because I’m doing something wrong. And it’s just OK when I have it at a restaurant. But this looks and sounds pretty good and straightforward. I’ll give it a shot!