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• ODROID-H4 PLUS — Hardkernel is introducing the ODROID-H4, H4+ and H4 Ultra, which is equipped with higher performance and richer interfaces.
• H4 Mini-ITX Kit — The ATX PSU brings 12V to the H4 board.
• Senators implore Department of Defense to expand the use of Matrix — Senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt push for sovereign, end-to-end encrypted and interoperable communications
• Simplex Chat v6.2.0 — SimpleX Chat and Flux (https://runonflux.com) made an agreement to include servers operated by Flux into the app – to improve metadata privacy.
• Neo-Nazis Are Fleeing Telegram for Encrypted App SimpleX Chat | WIRED — Neo-Nazis are joining SimpleX Chat, a relatively unknown app that received funding from Jack Dorsey and promises users there is no way for it or law enforcement to track their identity.
• Watchstate — We have added a WebUI page for Custom GUIDs and stabilized on v1.0 for the guid.yaml file spec. We strongly recommend to use the WebUI to manage the GUIDs
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• Infuse 8 - Now Available — Libraries which used to consist of only a handful of small files can now easily extend to tens of thousands of massive 4K videos. We took a big step towards handling these larger libraries with the addition of Direct Mode earlier this year and 8.0 builds on that same focus with an entirely revamped browsing infrastructure.
• Actual Budget Documentation — Actual Budget is a super fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances. At its heart is the well proven and much loved Envelope Budgeting methodology.
• File Juggler — File Juggler makes it easy to create automatic workflows with files.
• maid: Be lazy. Let Maid clean up after you. — Maid keeps files from sitting around too long, untouched. Many of the downloads and temporary files you collect can easily be categorized and handled appropriately by rules you define. Let the maid in your computer take care of the easy stuff, so you can spend more of your time on what matters.
• organize: The file management automation tool. — Your desktop is a mess? You cannot find anything in your downloads and documents? Sorting and renaming all these files by hand is too tedious? Time to automate it once and benefit from it forever.
• TagStudio: A User-Focused Photo & File Management System — TagStudio is a photo & file organization application with an underlying tag-based system that focuses on giving freedom and flexibility to the user. No proprietary programs or formats, no sea of sidecar files, and no complete upheaval of your filesystem structure.
• I'm a Mess, so I'm Making My Own File Organizer [TagStudio] - YouTube
• remotely-save: Sync notes between local and cloud with smart conflict: S3 (Amazon S3/Cloudflare R2/Backblaze B2/...), Dropbox, webdav (NextCloud/InfiniCLOUD/Synology/...), OneDrive, Google Drive (GDrive), Box, pCloud, Yandex Disk, Koofr, Azure Blob Storage. — This is yet another unofficial sync plugin for Obsidian.
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• Syncthing-android — Syncthing-Fork - A Syncthing Wrapper for Android.
• Obtainium: Get Android app updates straight from the source. — Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

Then, one last big update on the Year of Voice and our thoughts on self-hosting push notifications.

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• ⚡ Grab Sats with Strike Around the World — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.
• 🎉 Boost with Fountain FM — Fountain 1.0 is out with a new UI, upgrades, and super simple Strike integration for easy Boosts.
• Zigbee Door/Window Sensor Chris Uses in his Fridge — The Centralite micro door and window sensor detects the opening and closing of doors and windows.
• Zooz 700 Series Z-Wave Plus Water Leak XS Sensor — Place it under your appliances to monitor for leaks discreetly. It's OK if the device is splashed with water but it can't be fully submerged so keep that in mind when choosing the installation location.
• Alex Kretzschmar on Masto — Just made my daughter a new nightlight running WLED.
• Setup WLED in 45 Seconds! NO TOOLS NEEDED - YouTube — WLED Tutorial Video
• Domestic Automation's WLED Pre-Installed Board — For use with Individually Addressable LEDs, which allow each LED to display a different color at the same time. Hundreds of animated effects can be displayed such as: “Android”, “Rainbow Runner”,“Twinklefox” and over a hundred more.
• Domestic Automation LLC — Want to light up your home and wow your guests? Brighten up your space with some dazzling lights in a variety of colors and entertaining effects!
• Home of the QuinLED LED Controllers — This website is about DIY WiFi controllable LED dimmers (Analog) and controllers (Digital) combined with lots of general information about LEDs and LED strip!
• Push notifications can be used to track who you contact - The Washington Post — Government investigators in the United States use push notification data to track individuals, according to Sen. Ron Wyden. Apple and Google are prohibited from discussing this surveillance technique by the Justice Department.
• Apple Requires Only a Subpoena to Turn Over Push Notification Tokens to Law Enforcement; Google Requires a Court Order — Update, 11 December 2023: Apple has updated its guidelines and now requires a court order as well.
• Year of the Voice - Chapter 5 - Home Assistant — The ESPHome team has been hard at work adding support for the S3-BOX-3, including the ability to customize the display! Check out the S3-BOX-3 tutorial to get started.
• ESP32-S3-BOX-3 voice assistant - tutorial — This tutorial will guide you to turn an ESP32-S3-BOX-3 into a Home Assistant voice assistant.
• ESP32-POE - Open Source Hardware Board — ESP32-PoE is an ESP32-powered WIFI/BLE/Ethernet development board with Power-Over-Ethernet feature. It is the perfect addition to any project that requires connectivity.
• Announcing - First NixCon North America! — Date: March 14th and 15th
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• Texas Linux Festival 2024
• LinuxFest Northwest 2024: Ready or not
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