Maybe unpopular opinion here, but I just read The Three Musketeers, and it’s not even close to The Count of Monte Cristo.

The characters wildly change in tone and basic morals, the heroes are dirtbags, and the plot wanders.

I still enjoyed it, but it just wasn’t the same.

There’s a chain near me that makes a breakfast sandwich with eggs, bacon, white cheddar, a really excellent garlic aioli, and Ciabatta bread.

I go there way too much.

Fringe is great. Season 1 is a bit “Monster of the week” but when it gets going it’s a great ride.

If you haven’t seen it, Ex Machina (2014) fits the vibe of your list. It’s one of my favorites.

The Punt for Red October

(Assuming American Football)

Logseq has an Android app and clients for the usual desktop platforms. It stores as .md files. It meets your requirements. I’m not sure why you’re focused on Firefox support?

One I have my eye on is Silverbullet.md. the creator recently promoted it here and it has some nice ideas. It’s a web app that you self host. Behind the scenes everything is stored in .md files.

Thanks for your answers! Very fair thoughts, particularly about the flexibility of keeping things as just files on disk.

Regarding the work thing, I should clarify my use case: I’d like to take work related notes that could contain privileged company data. With a standalone app, I can install it and manage the files on my device (with cloud syncing in an approved corporate way). I could still probably do that here, but it requires the work of running the web server locally. Unfortunately, an external source like a VPS wouldn’t be allowed.

I have one more question, if you have some time: One of the things I like most about Logseq is that when there is a list of back links on a page, the context capture is excellent (likely due to it being an outliner). I’ve noticed that with SilverBullet, the context capture might begin/end in the middle of a word, etc. Is there a way to configure that or plans to enhance it?

This is very cool, and I’ve been watching the project for a month or so.

I like the query setup and the templates look very interesting. One of my biggest complaints about Logseq is how much of a pain simple query operations can be.

A few things make me hesitate a bit:

• I’ve been burned on single-dev passion projects in the past.
• As a self hosted web app, it’s a bit more difficult to manage on a company owned machine. I know Electron apps get hate, but that would ease some pain here.
• The rapid pace of development is both exciting and worrisome. For example, a recent update completely changed the underlying templating engine from a well-known open source solution to a custom solution. I worry if I rely on this, something might catch me by surprise.

What are your thoughts on those concerns, OP?

I did basically what you are trying to do:

I installed Calibre docker on my server machine with the DB local (important because the DB won’t work over a share) and the book storage on the NAS.

Then I installed Calibre-web docker and pointed it to the same local DB and the same book storage on the NAS.

Now I can use Calibre for import, DRM removal, metadata updates, etc. And I use Calibre-web for user management, OPDS feed, etc.

Let me know if you want more info.

I also use Logseq and I use SyncThing to sync between devices. I just started a month ago, so I can’t say for sure, but so far it has been pretty great.

If I’m understanding correctly, Emby has been hostile to FOSS (alleged GPL violations, etc.) and Jellyfin forked from it. Due to that, I’m not planning to use Emby.

Having said that, I’m always interested in hearing about projects in this space. What things do you like about Emby?

I think it’s because Jellyfin still needs some polish.

It’s getting better every day, though. I run both in parallel and usually use Jellyfin, but my family uses Plex for now.

I use Ubuntu with no complaints, but Debian is probably better, like others are saying. I wouldn’t use Fedora for this.

A few I haven’t seen mentioned:

• Moon+ Reader - My favorite ebook reader of all time.
• Tea Time - Simple timer widgets
• Simple Time Tracker - Track what you do
• NES.emu, Snes9x EX+, M64+ FZ - Emulators
• Thunder - Lemmy
• Root Explorer - file explorer
• Lichess - Chess, free of ads, no fees. Almost entirely FOSS.

Also +1 to the usual favorites: Firefox, Termux, Nova, etc.

I think my problem is trying to run docker at the same time. Docker messes heavily with iptables and makes it a real pain.

I did this as well, but I’m wondering if it was the wrong call. It’s harder to work with firewalls (particularly if docker is involved), and I’ve struggled with stuff like SyncThing.

Most likely more learning could solve it, but I wonder if I should switch to a dedicated router OS where more support resources are available.

Kubuntu currently is working really well for me. I’m not a hardcore Linux user (used it lightly for many years, daily driver for only couple), so it’s nice to use Ubuntu where there’s plenty of online answers. Plus I like KDE. So Kubuntu is a good fit.

I recently tried Fedora for a while, but I just had problem after problem with my hardware. It was good aside from that.