so now the VPS started but the filesystem was kind of corrupt, after running fsck now the server is back

thanks a lot!

thanks for the heads-up it was an accident was thinking this was lemmy-support community

it is also not the first time it happens, they have taken a lot of time from me and mainly on weekends or holidays, when the conditions are met I will move away from them, already identified two good candidates, if things go well with them eventually I want to move away completely from Contabo

a good alternative to protonmail for secure encrypted email communication is Delta Chat: https://delta.chat/

you are welcome! 👍

The point of that foreground service is to have such permanent notification visible, that is the way Android designed it, they also allow to hide the notification, that is on the system side not something an app can do on its own since otherwise apps could secretly put hidden/invisible permanent notifications and be always running in background without you noticing

To hide it long-press the notification and options should appear or search on internet “how to hide permanent notification Android 10”

(Note: it is better to create posts focused on one topic/question than making several random questions in a single post, that way it is easier to digest and reply on-point and not to overlook some of the questions or feel overwhelmed, also more useful for readers that will more easily discover posts about the question they are looking for)

Hi, yes I am one of the maintainers of the official Delta Chat, ArcaneChat is the client I use myself, made to my taste, with my own opinionated decisions, also a lot of the features that are added to ArcaneChat are added to official DeltaChat eventually when the rest of the team is convinced it is a good idea or when we have the resources to add the feature to all platforms.

A recent example is: arcanechat.me server was the first server to completely enforce encryption without exceptions, there was some hesitation but now recently the official chatmail relay server deployment got this feature incorporated as well

So to answer your question about why there are two apps: because I can’t force people to do whatever I want, so as it is good practice in open source, you fork

Delta Chat was one of the FOSS projects affected: https://chaos.social/@delta/114211300446944585

You wouldn’t get it 🚬

Not really, I like Delta Chat because the usability, no other app gave me the same peace of mind and reliability in bad connectivity areas (which I find myself often)

As for the family and friends that use it with me, they certainly don’t use it because encryption and privacy, I don’t even advertise the privacy and freedom much or try to make them uninstall whatever other apps they use for chatting, they use it because it is the way to reach me and it solves a problem for them.

And Delta Chat is not XMPP, at least for now

Yeah and they will not know it exist until you try it out and let them know about the app and help them try it out and get in contact with you.

Unlike WhatsApp that has millions to throw in marketing, come preinstalled on devices and by know “everyone uses it” other smaller projects that are not making money out of you need your help to do the “marketing” part

If you want to join a group:

https://i.delta.chat/#6A36794AF242B4E8B2EEAFBF9F2C9E97F60ED9B1=&a=stalebot1%40arcanechat.me&g=DC+Community&x=y6dS91dlLLi&i=oQN_awun1rp_0T23okfisYiE&s=fJNvhQvt7gEgmudKr9InVCln

To show you that it doesn’t have to be a forever alone experience, in your case perhaps it will be, if you are the kind that have to run after the people close to you and accommodate to their requirements for them not to leave you behind and forgotten perhaps you are already alone…

I would say this is the normal behavior and without this apps wouldn’t work properly or connect in background, ex. to receive messages in chat apps and display a notification ex. when the system wakes them up via push notifications

My personal experience: 121 chats (just my family account I have several other accounts)

Spam from the same address will appear as a single chat, and you can block the contact and never receive more spam from that address

Since spammers constantly change address you might what to tweak the “show classic email” option in Advanced settings, if you set it to “accepted contacts only” only classic email from contacts you have accepted a chat already will show up in Delta Chat so contact requests from new contacts will no show up, which is perfect if you only want your dad’s messages to appear in the app

Your parents can use something else to message you, for other people they can switch to SMS in worse case, just uninstall the app with a goodbye message once you are not there there will be some real reasons for other people to join you elsewhere,

There was a time where there was no WhatsApp and no one died because of it, true there might be some extra inconveniences but the question is if you have the will to do the change, I deleted WhatsApp and things are OK so far I am not using Signal either, I use Delta Chat and email mainly

In my case I was not using it for family but for one club where they make announcements, anyways uninstalled it and now relay on two people of the club that also have DeltaChat and I have to ask them every time to forward me the information 😅

The app allows to easily add multiple profiles and switch between them, besides the classic email profile, you can tap in your avatar at the top left of the chat list and add a chat profile for secure encrypted chatting, and join a community group for testing and asking questions about delta chat:

https://i.delta.chat/#6A36794AF242B4E8B2EEAFBF9F2C9E97F60ED9B1=&a=stalebot1%40arcanechat.me&g=DC+Community&x=y6dS91dlLLi&i=oQN_awun1rp_0T23okfisYiE&s=fJNvhQvt7gEgmudKr9InVCln