I’ve been using Matrix/Element for around three years. I have there my family, a couple of friends and a couple of services that use it for alert, information. I host a non-federated server on a VPS in Germany. My approach has been simple: do you want to chat with me? Use Matrix. Otherwise, call me or send me emails.
If privacy is important for you, then make it a priority.
That is really good - I have recently setup something similar with a Cypress CY8CKIT-059 development board and I have to say it almost brought tears to my eyes when I started read data from my old floppy disks on my Steam Deck…
Me too! I’be been using it for two years and it’s my chat application with my family and (some) friends. I’m happy with the stability and overall functionalities.
You might be interested in rss-bridge, covering some sites that do not have a rss feed. You can host it yourself or use one of the sites available online.
You could creating an image of the drive under Linux, using dd. Then the recovery could be attempted on the image (assuming it does not contain sensitive data and can be shared).
For your information, in case your curious, a similar interface (that I use) is: https://cowlark.com/fluxengine/doc/building.html