Matrix is less secure than Signal. While Signal and Matrix use the same encryption, Matrix doesn’t encrypt everything. This includes: message sender, message timestamps, reactions, members, read receipts, etc. All of this data can be accessed by the homeserver admin. On Matrix, you should assume that only the message content itself (text and attachments) is encrypted. Your account data is also not protected, you have to trust your homeserver admin. Signal is designed not to trust the server. It’s important to consider your threat model. Matrix doesn’t require a phone number, which makes it better for anonymity, but Signal has better security.

This is a good explanation of Matrix’s metadata leaks: https://web.archive.org/web/20210618055112/http://serpentsec.1337.cx/matrix

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

I use Tailscale with my Jellyfin server.

I’ve tried https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui with LLaMA, didn’t have enough VRAM to run it though.

YouTube audio quality isn’t amazing, but it’s not that bad if you get the right format. Using yt-dlp, you can get opus audio that sounds way better than mp3. Example: yt-dlp -f 251 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

AdGuard DNS and NextDNS both do the same thing, there’s some differences but they’re pretty much the same (except AdGuard public DNS that doesn’t need configuration). Rethink is the same but doesn’t require an account. Rethink and TrackerControl are also Android apps that give you control over traffic locally. It depends on what you’re trying to do but any of the DNS options (AdGuard, NextDNS, Rethink) will protect multiple devices.

I like DuckDuckGo, but I’ve been using Brave Search for the AI summarizer feature.

I use Traefik and configuring everything through docker-compose files is way more convenient than nginx or a proxy manager (never used one though). Traefik also has a web interface, but you can’t configure anything with it.

If you’re on Linux, Metadata Cleaner might work. https://flathub.org/apps/fr.romainvigier.MetadataCleaner

I just use Jellyfin for movies and shows. I don’t listen to music or read ebooks, and I buy all my games through Steam because I use Linux.

Neither. AV1 if available, if not I download a high quality x264 copy and do my own transcode. AV1 is high quality with smaller file sizes, but isn’t very common right now.

Immediately hitting the back button.

IPFS would be perfect for this. Each instance would pin the image, and your instance would be a “gateway”, helping to distribute media when its requested. IPFS assigns a CID to every file so the same meme posted twice would have the same CID.

Fedora. Used to use Arch but it broke and I moved to Fedora, it’s a way more polished experience. I like how Fedora is stable but not “stale” like Debian. Want to try Fedora Silverblue as well.