using rsync:
why not btrfs send | btrfs receive? is there some advantage to rsync?
did you hotswap the drives after each btrfs replace or shutdown and then swap?
what's your host OS and do the drives spin down if inactive?
thanks for the writeup!
can you run it on multiple devices and have them all synced? how about chat export in a readable format?
friend should nuke this crapware and use syncthing for such activities. if they happen to run jellyfin, they can use it to serve books as well, and by utilising the OPDS plugin it would allow compatible readers (e.g. Librera) to directly download books/comics to the device in a shop-like interface.
the way I understood it is CFW allows all models to play PS2 games. I tried God of War and some Tekken, forgot which, started up without issues. I also have some settings to upscale PS2 games, don't know if that's a CFW thing or if that's standard.
also, some fat models have real PS2 hardware in them, so no need for emulation.
I've made it work on arch, debian and fedora, on a T420s, T480s, T14 AMD, MBPr 2012, each on luks2 + btrfs with systemd-boot, and it works flawlessly on all of them. the setup is super-involved and cumbersome though but it's easily accomplished once you get the hang of it.
the links posted here along with the arch wiki is what I used. it helps if it's not your primary and only device, so you have time to retry until you get it right.
because Telegram's UI/UX is second to none; possibly iMessage or whatever it's called is close, albeit with way limited functionality. Signal and friends look like a PoC from 2015 in comparison. also the apps, on mobile and on desktop, have a low memory footprint with no bloated electron crap, the cross-device sync is phenomenal and there's the virtually unlimited cloud storage. if an addon could piggyback off of that, that would be spectacular.
however, OP's insight as to this being against ToS is obviously a deal breaker. seeing as how they're adamant about leaving all your shit unencrypted in the cloud I'm looking for other havens, begrudgingly; I've been a user from the early days.
I have no idea what this challenge is (I automatically assume it's some cringe when I read "challenge" also that pic is... what?), but you don't run Mint/Debian/Ubuntu if you have super-fresh hardware, like AMD 7000-series or Intel 14th gen and so on. in that case you have to go with Fedora or one of its derivatives (Nobara, Bazzite, etc.), because they have the newest kernels that allow this hardware to run OOB.
if you have a bit older hardware (like 2-3 years old), Mint or Debian is your best bet; Ubuntu if you have to, and only as a stepping stone. it's a solid base and if you use flatpak for everything (Firefox, Chrome, Lutris, Steam, etc.) you won't have issues with old packages and you'll get the best of both worlds - stability and supported hardware.
you need a swap file, a swap subvolume, or a swap partition that's RAM + 50%, on account of zram. then you need systemd scripts that disable zram and enable swap on suspend and do the reverse on resume. also, you need some selinux tuning to allow you to write to said file. you have a detailed howto in Fedora Magazine.
stop using bullshitgpt.
edit: here's the article.
that (and many other irritants) is why I switched to plasma. please try it before going back, it's way better in every regard.
you have faulty hardware, whether it's RAM or cooling or storage related, no way to tell but crashes like that don't happen nowadays.
edit: I recall having some issues with a 7490 a few years back, it needed some special module for the fan or the sensors, not sure. don't know if that's your issue, but look it up.
I'm using macast and jellyfin-mpv-shim. I can send almost anything to my PC from my phone and have it played in full screen.
how about adding the cutoff limit in the ui then? find myself shrinking and shrinking an image until it gets accepted and then promptly forgetting what the limit was.