I have been in search of a legit caller ID option for my android phone and I can't seem to find much info out there. Personally, I like to know who is on the other end of a phone number trying to contact me; especially catching spam callers. I tried the true caller route (I know, its not self hosted) and its good at what it does but the issue is the app. Packed full of ads and probably trackers, and it kept forcing to take over my dialer and SMS even though I had everything set to prevent that. Incredibly annoying. App wise beyond that, I feel they all may be similiar and also be paid services.

So what are the options for folks who just want a legit, no nonesense caller ID and spam call blocker for their android phone? I was just browsing different ports and protocols for the hell of it and stumbled upon this NCID protocol that's typically associated with port 3333. Now there isn't much info out there on this though. Couldn't find any reddit or forum posts from people talking about it or those who use it. It seems kinda obscure....

If anybody has knowledge on NCID or basically ANY caller ID and spam blocking solutions for android phones, please chime in! Thanks

So again, the Lemmy verse is still really confusing and finding the right communities for the right post. This sub seems like they would definitely know about this though

I have always been a laptop guy my whole life because the portability, flexibility and comfortability of them. Never got into PCs or towers because I feel like you gotta have like a workstation and desk all setup. Id rather be able to lay on the couch in front of my TV while using a laptop lol

But anyway, my current dell xps 13 9310 running Debian 12 is slowly reaching its end. The thing only came with TWO ports, both being USB c. Well after years of heavy usage, they're slowly breaking down. Idk if it would be worth replacing the mother board or just starting over?

Are there any good alternatives or options you guys can think of. I'm simple, in don't game at all, purely just watch/stream stuff, browse and research and lately have been taking learning more about computing tech more seriously, so I've been tinkering and experimenting too. I plan to build skills to work with computer/tech professionally.

I've read about thin clients or even mini PCs and idk which route is best bang for buck and most logical. Or if there are known older laptops with great bones but need some minor upgrades to bring it back to current technology. I'm open minded but again, focused on something portable, affordable, smooth, flexible, durable etc. I'm talking a budget solution, like no more than $350ish. There's probably technology available for this that I'm not even aware of!

Hope you all can help or point me to the right Lemmy communities. Thanks

I started my exploration with concentrates about a year ago. I got myself a puffco peak pro. I've tried all kinds of different concentrates, but not all of them. I'm wondering if concentrates are concentrates or are there some that are better than others or is it purely personal?

I like sugar wax as its easy to handle and isn't messy. I like wet diamonds. Again easy to handle and might have felt more potent. Dry diamonds were weird and hard to handle, not sure I was a fan. Lastly, budder or batter type, I hate this one. Its so hard to handle and gets way too messy. Have been wanting to try crumble, never had much interest in shatter, idk if I'm missing any.

Would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks

Hi all, I'm working each device and overall network at a time, trying to learn and make my systems right. Make them all secure, private, properly configged, running good, and have freedom! Little restrictions ala using fdroid and Foss apps.

So far I have messed around with hypatia, and it always says its running but I don't exactly know of it is or what it should do. I just thought live malware protection sounded good.

I messed with tracker scanners and permissions tools such as warden, exodus, permissions pilot, and app manager and sure they show you all these issues, but I have no idea how to find these weird trackers, yet alone remove them. The permissions that are always deemed not say are always these weird ones in a weird format and I can never just go through the apps permissions and find them. So its all useless info for me. I can't seem to figure out how to use them.

Just hoping you all could recommend me good apps that worked for you encompassing all aspects of your phone, like mentioned. Proper configs, finding junk or spyware or apps that shouldn't be on my phone, protective measures, security measures, privacy measures, everything involved with keeping my phone happy and proper lol thanks for reading, hope you all could help. thanks

Edit: my lord I never specified which device lmao. I'm talking my galaxy s21 ultra android phone lol sorry

Hello all, running Debian 12 right now and really liking this thing. I never ran straight Debian before, always mint or Ubuntu. But anyway....

I'm wondering if you guys could recommend some troubleshooting or scanning tools that help you find errors, misconfiguration, basically any thing that could be wrong with your system. I'd much prefer GUI tools as CLI tools can be a bit confusing.

So my only thoughts are auditing type apps. Don't those comb through your system for issues? I've tried Lynis and it seemed pretty cool, need to explore further. Of course you got your vulnerability scanners which I plan to use. You've got your rootkit scanners and clamv for malware. I just got netdata up and running last night. Now that is one confusing ass app lol so many options and i dont really kniw what im looking at lol. But I'm more interested in the system itself. I know I have some issues within my system. Htop only tells you so much and it never answers my problems when my computer random freezes or It starts overworking and heating, yet no high CPU or memory usage showing on htop.

I know I have networking issues with my VPN and DNS and other stuff. I just lack the knowledge to know where to look and what to fix, so trying to finder more user friendly, maybe more proactive tools I can use to help me discover things within the system that need attention. Overall I just want a healthy, dependable, safe, secure Linux system and I always endupFrankensteining my shit just trying different crap and everything eventually falls apart lol so help with some reomendations please, folks!