This is how I handle it for most software: Read (or at least skim) the changelogs for all minor and major versions between your current version and the latest version.

If you’re using Docker, diff your current docker-compose to the latest one for the project. See if any third-party dependencies (like PostgreSQL, Redis, etc) have breaking changes.

If there’s any versions with major breaking changes, upgrade to each one separately (eg. 1.0 to 2.0, then 2.0 to 3.0, etc) rather than jumping immediately to the latest one, as a lot of developers don’t sufficiently test upgrading across multiple versions.

Take a snapshot before each upgrade (or if your file system doesn’t support snapshots, manually take a backup before each upgrade).

…or just don’t read anything, YOLO it, and restore a snapshot if that fails. A lot of software is simple enough that all you need to do is change the version number in docker-compose (if you’re using Docker).

In addition to backups, consider using snapshots if your file system supports it (ZFS, Btrfs, or LVM).

I use ZFS and have each of my Docker volumes in a separate ZFS dataset (similar to a Btrfs subvolume). This lets me snapshot each container independently. I take a snapshot before an upgrade. If the upgrade goes badly, I can instantly revert back to the point before I performed the upgrade.

Meta’ s Edits app

This is a phone app. OP is asking for an app that can run on Linux Mint.

Oh yeah that’s a great point I didn’t consider. Thanks.

I get that, but a lot of people are already using a VPN to access their self-hosted system.

Passmark isn’t that useful for measuring transcoding performance, as as far as I know it doesn’t benchmark iGPU performance? Transcoding is done nearly entirely on the iGPU.

I recently watched a video about Beelink’s factory and was surprised as how high-quality their production process is. Great video. https://youtu.be/ohwI3V207Ts (and if you enable captions, it explains what each process is).

I haven’t watched the video yet, but it’s generally not worth the hassle of setting up mutual TLS if you’re already using a peer-to-peer VPN like Tailscale, as the VPN software is already doing mutual authentication.

Edit: A peer-to-peer VPN (or mesh VPN) is one where two systems that are connected to the VPN can directly communicate with each other, instead of needing to go through a central server as with something like OpenVPN. With Tailscale or Wireguard, the peers need each other’s public keys to communicate.

due to medication prices

There’s no reason for medication prices to be as high as they are, though. Look at the prices in practically any other developed country.

I’m from Australia which uses a single payer system (meaning the government negotiates medication prices for the entire country and buys them in bulk) and some medications are literally 5-10x the cost in the USA compared to Australia.

medication like Ozempic being used for recreational weight loss.

There’s a variant of Ozempic called Wegovy that’s used for weight loss. That’s what it’s designed and marketed for.

I wonder how many are Steam Deck users. It’s brought Linux to a lot of people who otherwise wouldn’t have tried it.

I’ve got a Framework 16 and love it.

Framework are nowhere near the scale of any of the large manufacturers, and they’ve had to spend a huge amount of time and money on R&D, so their laptops are probably always going to cost more. IMO it’s worth the price though, given you can keep updating it over time.

They’re likely not intentionally crawling Lemmy. They’re probably just crawling all sites they can find.

Won’t the bots just switch to using that instead of the heavier JS challenge?

tbh I kinda understand their viewpoint. Not saying I agree with it.

The Anubis JavaScript program’s calculations are the same kind of calculations done by crypto-currency mining programs. A program which does calculations that a user does not want done is a form of malware.