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@andy ALSO, I don't understand the "channel" abstraction. IE: if you and I are both on the Slot 9 mesh, and we both have "Channel 1" on our node... is that the same Channel? Or, is a Channel something I create and associate with a given public key? IE: Maybe my Channel 1 is "Secure communications with Andy" because I use your public key when I create it? Let me know when you figure that out :-)
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@andy Also, I'm not sure if you see any indication (in the app that you use to access your node) that your node is relaying encrypted messages between parties that aren't you. I mean, if you had a spectrum analyzer, you'd see it... I'm just not sure if the app gives you any visual cue that your node relayed an encrypted message.
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@andy Something else I learned after trying to interpret the most confusing snippet of instructions ever (on the Slot 9 mesh's groups.io page):
"[...] Ignore MQTT=Disabled, and OK to MQTT=Enable.
Please do not use or enable the MQTT Module and do not connect to the Meshtastic public MQTT server."
MQTT is a way that meshtastic nodes can connect to the internet. Those instructions can be interpreted as:
1) Don't drop/ignore MQTT packets
2) It's okay to forward MQTT packets
3) It's not okay for YOUR node to be connected to the internet.
At least, that's my interpretation. (1) and (2) seem redundant, so my interpretation may be wrong.
Anyway, it appears that MQTT may be a way to use the internet to connect 2 or more meshes. If you learn more about that, let me know. From what I've gathered via searching the web, Slot 20 is more open to that... the Slot 9 group is less okay with that.
"[...] Ignore MQTT=Disabled, and OK to MQTT=Enable.
Please do not use or enable the MQTT Module and do not connect to the Meshtastic public MQTT server."
MQTT is a way that meshtastic nodes can connect to the internet. Those instructions can be interpreted as:
1) Don't drop/ignore MQTT packets
2) It's okay to forward MQTT packets
3) It's not okay for YOUR node to be connected to the internet.
At least, that's my interpretation. (1) and (2) seem redundant, so my interpretation may be wrong.
Anyway, it appears that MQTT may be a way to use the internet to connect 2 or more meshes. If you learn more about that, let me know. From what I've gathered via searching the web, Slot 20 is more open to that... the Slot 9 group is less okay with that.
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@andy I think your understanding is correct: Slot = Frequency. I think that others are just doing what you are doing (running two nodes). I know at least one person in the Alexandria Radio Club that does that.
I went for a walk today and took my node... and I got on the slot 20 mesh!
I went for a walk today and took my node... and I got on the slot 20 mesh!
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Floccus + Tailscale + Webdav on Synology NAS is looking pretty interesting. May give that a shot this weekend.
Next question: Has anyone gotten Mullvad and Tailscale to play nice? (I fought with that for a couple hours last weekend and gave up for a while)
Next question: Has anyone gotten Mullvad and Tailscale to play nice? (I fought with that for a couple hours last weekend and gave up for a while)
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Ed MacDonald
emacdonaDoes anyone have a privacy-respecting bookmark syncing service to recommend? I’m reading up on:
Maybe you’ve even self hosted? On a NAS? Accessed via Tailscale? Would be particularly interested in your experience if that’s your setup…
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@nmlynch901 Thanks! Lots of questions...
* What distro do you use?
* What Video Card do you use (which are best supported?)
* Can I expect any game that runs on my Steam Deck to run on my Linux gaming rig? If not, why?
Regarding your questions:
> what software you rely on a day-to-day basis
Do you mean non-gaming software? If your concern is whether I rely on my Windows machine for other things -- I don't (I use Mac and Linux for non-gaming)
> as well as what your main style of game is.
* Single player Open World RPG
* Rocket League
But, to be perfectly honest, if switching to Linux means that I'll have to be careful what new games I buy because they may not run on Linux... I'm probably not ready to switch yet.
That's why I asked the question about my Steam Deck. It seems like I can put just about any game on it -- I thought that meant that just about any game ran on Linux.
* What distro do you use?
* What Video Card do you use (which are best supported?)
* Can I expect any game that runs on my Steam Deck to run on my Linux gaming rig? If not, why?
Regarding your questions:
> what software you rely on a day-to-day basis
Do you mean non-gaming software? If your concern is whether I rely on my Windows machine for other things -- I don't (I use Mac and Linux for non-gaming)
> as well as what your main style of game is.
* Single player Open World RPG
* Rocket League
But, to be perfectly honest, if switching to Linux means that I'll have to be careful what new games I buy because they may not run on Linux... I'm probably not ready to switch yet.
That's why I asked the question about my Steam Deck. It seems like I can put just about any game on it -- I thought that meant that just about any game ran on Linux.
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@andy I haven't played with devbox. I did play a bit with devcontainers... but the JetBrains IDE support for them seems unstable -- and I don't want to use VSCode.
I haven't given up on devcontainers. They seem ideal for: "Here's just enough to build this project... and some IDE configuration to meet our code style -- the rest is up to you to configure how you want" -- which is probably what a lot of developers want.
Nix is very appealing to me, however, b/c I'm looking more for something like "Oh, I had this old Lisp codebase configured exactly how I wanted to run on version x.y.z of emacs with plugins A, B, and C installed just how I wanted -- and I haven't touched it in 3 years and I want it to 'just work' (tm)".
I'm REALLY interested in "nix" the package manager... and how feasible is it to use it on my OS of choice?
I haven't given up on devcontainers. They seem ideal for: "Here's just enough to build this project... and some IDE configuration to meet our code style -- the rest is up to you to configure how you want" -- which is probably what a lot of developers want.
Nix is very appealing to me, however, b/c I'm looking more for something like "Oh, I had this old Lisp codebase configured exactly how I wanted to run on version x.y.z of emacs with plugins A, B, and C installed just how I wanted -- and I haven't touched it in 3 years and I want it to 'just work' (tm)".
I'm REALLY interested in "nix" the package manager... and how feasible is it to use it on my OS of choice?
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@novalug Can I use this as a forum for expressing interest in topics I'd love to see people give talks on? No? I'm going to do it anyway ;-)
1. Using Nix package manager to set up developer environments.
2. Migrating my gaming PC to Linux. Relevant b/c my PC doesn't support Windows 11, and I don't want to build a new one yet.
1. Using Nix package manager to set up developer environments.
2. Migrating my gaming PC to Linux. Relevant b/c my PC doesn't support Windows 11, and I don't want to build a new one yet.
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