I think I made the configuration on my server way more complicated than I needed to so I think I am going to make a repo of my config files and try and wrangle them into order but I started with Beeper which was a bad idea. All you really need are the element and synapse docker images, a few config files you generate, and a docker compose file. I haven’t messed with configuring the Bridges yet but there’s a method and it looks fairly straight forward.
What I really like about the whole concept is that there’s no way for non-digital contacts to reach me. No text messages or voice calls. If I need to make a dial call, I can fire up a Google Voice session I already have setup. Anyone that needs to call me can reach out on Matrix via a Bridge, and anyone that needs to phone me [doctors?], can leave a message on my google voice. I never pick up the phone anyway, so I’d much rather just get a silent notification that I have a voice mail than have to have my brain disrupted.
The only real sticking point that I can think of is turn by turn navigation, easily, but I can still do it on my watch [Garmin] if I absolutely needed it. Google maps is a bloating piece of shit anyway. I almost just want to go back to paper maps.
I just bought a raspberry pi CM4 powered machine with a backlit keyboard, 5 inch LCD, and a cellular modem.
I am planning on using that as much as possible while leaving my phone at home.
Nothing in my pocket. Matrix Bridges for chats. A keyboard and interface for looking up information I need, and no apps to distract me.
I hope this experiment works.
I’m thinking about getting into matrix, how has it been for you?
I think I made the configuration on my server way more complicated than I needed to so I think I am going to make a repo of my config files and try and wrangle them into order but I started with Beeper which was a bad idea. All you really need are the element and synapse docker images, a few config files you generate, and a docker compose file. I haven’t messed with configuring the Bridges yet but there’s a method and it looks fairly straight forward.
Good luck
What I really like about the whole concept is that there’s no way for non-digital contacts to reach me. No text messages or voice calls. If I need to make a dial call, I can fire up a Google Voice session I already have setup. Anyone that needs to call me can reach out on Matrix via a Bridge, and anyone that needs to phone me [doctors?], can leave a message on my google voice. I never pick up the phone anyway, so I’d much rather just get a silent notification that I have a voice mail than have to have my brain disrupted.
The only real sticking point that I can think of is turn by turn navigation, easily, but I can still do it on my watch [Garmin] if I absolutely needed it. Google maps is a bloating piece of shit anyway. I almost just want to go back to paper maps.
For vehicle navigation, Waze is amazing.
But that’s an app. There will be no apps on Raspbian. I’d have to install an android emulator to get that and that’s exactly what I don’t want to do.