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If many devs would switch to it just as they did with M3 Expressive, I'm gonna quit Android and go touch some grass instead.

it was removed along with the database

Many years ago I was using USB WiFi Modem through micro USB port on my tablet. Since that worked, my guess is USB to Ethernet should be recognized as well.

Does Slashdot have both up- and downvotes? And if both, do you give a reason for upvotes as well?

The only scenario where I see disabling downvotes as a good idea is when upvotes are disabled as well.

So you either:

• have only number of views (no up/down votes) so people don't chase virtual points
• or there are both of them so that when combined they result in a fair rating.

Upvoting without downvoting doesn't show if people like it, nor whether it is good or bad. It only shows that it reached a lot of people and is popular. And that can be achieved with views alone.

Ok, I did test it.

1. I set up DNS server on my PC using Technitium.
2. I add zone a.local and add record with device A's IP.
3. I add zone b.local and add record with device B's IP.
4. On device A (Android 11) I go to Setting » WiFi and set DNS to PC's IP.
5. On device B (Android 13) I go to Settings » WiFi and:
   • Change IP to static
   • Change both DNS1 and DNS2 to PC's IP.
6. I ran some file served over http on both devices.
7. I visit http://a.local/ on device B ❯ A's Files accessed
8. I visit http://b.local/ on device A ❯ B's Files accessed

Everything works.

Note:

• it took DNS server about 1min to add the records (idk why).
• It seems devices caches NAME_NOT_RELOVED so if it failed it will be cached as such for at least a few minutes.

I believe that using ipleak.net [...] will not show you the internal DNS server you are using within your local network.

You're right. It won't show internal one. As I mentioned I don't have internal DNS server set up, so I only used it to check whether changing DNS in wifi settings will actually take effect, and it did. That's why I believe setting it to internal one should take effect as well.

I may try to setup custom DNS in my local network when I have some free time.

I visited http://ipleak.net/ to check which dns is used.
In Termux nslookup will use 8.8.8.8, but I suspect it takes it from Termux environment that doesn't sync with android settings.

I don't have a custom DNS server configured, but that's what I tested:

• Went to Settings » Connections and Share » Private DNS - made sure it is off (it takes priority when set)
• Went to Settings » WiFi » [My local network] » DNS1 and entered my router's IP

After that it started to use my ISP's DNS servers (preconfigured in router) instead of CloudFlare 1.1.1.1 (what was default on my android when connecting to WiFi

Not sure about e/OS but generally on android you can set DNS when connecting to Wifi.
So you should be able to change that in Settings » WIFI » [Your local network] » DNS

Is there a way to filter out system apps?

But you need to create account first :|