I recommend lemmy-ansible or the Docker install guide.

The GrapheneOS team is in talks with the European Commission to designate Google as a gatekeeper for mobile payments, because they only allow Google Pay on whitelisted operating systems, so there is some hope

Yes, it’s actually planned for the next major Lemmy release. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2631
As you can see, this issue was added to the 0.20.0 milestone on GitHub.

Thanks mate, this is really awesome! Will definitely try it out. Many people might find this useful, consider making a separate post about it. I created a community for UnifiedPush and related topics: !unifiedpush@lemmy.dbzer0.com, you’re welcome to post there.

Well, almost every Linux distro includes Firefox. Maybe that’s where these downloads are coming from?

My main browser is LibreWolf. I occasionally the Mullvad Browser or Tor. Mull is my favorite on mobile.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just particularly bad where I live, but I regularly have to the the god damn Schienenersatzverkehr, and even this god damn fucking bus that is supposed to replace the train is always like 20 minutes late. Like how the fuck do you even mess that up DB? HOW?!

I just need all of this AI assistant shit to go away.

GrapheneOS doesn’t have any of this BS.
Despite what some people (who never used GOS and have idea how it works) say, everything except for Google Pay and a small portion of banking apps works just fine on it. You can check if your bank’s app is supported: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/
If you need Google Play services, you can easily install them, and it will still be more private than on a standard Android device, thanks to a custom sandboxing mechanism.
Security is just phenomenal, and I think it’s fair to call GrapheneOS the most secure mobile operating system out there.
It also enhances the longevity of your phone, because GrapheneOS provides feature updates as long as Google provides security updates. Some devices with the Stock OS (like e.g. the Pixel 6a) receive security updates for 5 years, but Google only provides feature updates for 3 years. GrapheneOS extends that period to 5 years as well.
It’s also super easy to install, and it’s fully free & open source. It is truly amazing. I recommend watching this video to learn more about it: https://invidious.fi/watch?v=yTeAFoQnQPo

Not sure why this is getting downvoted, because it’s actually true. Google is the only Android phone manufacturer at the moment, that delivers 7 years of OS security updates + firmware updates, allows the user to unlock the bootloader and re-lock it with custom signing keys to retain full Android Verified Boot. And the ARMv9 MTE is the cherry on top.

A modern Pixel with GrapheneOS is the best thing you can get right now for privacy, security and longevity.

It seems like you’ve never been to Germany

Why?

But it can’t be self-hosted, right?

Perhaps NetBird, ZeroTier or Tailscale? If you want to make a service available publicly, check out Tailscale Funnel.

I don’t recommend Debian for Apple Silicon, just stick with Asahi Linux. There aren’t any big issues, except the fact that not all Docker images are built for arm64.

I use self-hosted draw.io together with the Draw.io Nextcloud integration for a diagram, and Wiki.js to write down some important information. If you prefer something lighter, check out DokuWiki. There are many other options for a Wiki like Bookstack or django-wiki.

You can download individual books through IPFS, but not a collection of their entire dataset

Check out WireHole or openvpn-pihole

Or LibreTube. They even have a Lemmy community: !libretube@feddit.rocks

@partizan@lemm.ee mentioned cloning the drive and moving it to another computer. I imagine reinstalling would be easier at that point, that’s why I asked.

Not exactly self hosting but maintaining/backing it up is hard for me. So many “what if”s are coming to my mind. Like what if DB gets corrupted? What if the device breaks? If on cloud provider, what if they decide to remove the server?

Backups. If you follow the 3-2-1 backup strategy, you don’t have to worry about anything.