Also Arch, but barefoot

Some new EU funding in the background?

I’m quite happy with local apps, but I could see the appeal for self-hosting if the server would scale for the client (ie laptop on the desk vs mobile phone on the road)

I built my own NAS from Arch (btw) and wanted to just install standard packages and use standard tools (ie gparted, clonezilla, etc).

I’ve got btrfs RAID5 running fine.

Had loads of power outages (we had water meeting electrics) and have no problems at all.

Of course, RAID is not a backup, so all my important stuff is on Hetzner too.

I don’t really follow the ZFS news, but I understand that resizing / adding new drives is / was a problem, plus, back when I built this, I would’ve needed kernel patching… there’s a higher chance of those causing a problem - for my use case - than btrfs, so if you’re like me, just crack on and enjoy the easy life.

You’re here, that’s a good start…

I tend to look at a project’s Issues tracker, that gives me a feel for how the author(s) deal with feedback… some projects have hundreds of open tickets with barely any interactions, yet code updates “2 days ago”.

Being here and reading about who’s using what will help remove the major outliers

All opensource needs more eyeballs, which is still the advantage over closed source.

How’d you setup the port knocking? Is that something caddy does?

I’m using haproxy and was thinking of trying the same thing… not sure if haproxy supports it though, or whether I have to do something else …?

I agree that Linux phones would be an alternative, they’re not going to get there by the September deadline.

Open Android development will need to continue for another (vague handwaving) 5 years yet

I’d like to tell you a joke about UDP, but you might not get it… 😉

We have a ZzZ script which slowly turns off the TV and lights.

It works from one end of the house through the kitchen, then lounge, then up the stairs, the idea is it follows me to bed turning off things as I’m walking…

A separate script tells me that it’s time for bed (as I find finishing the day difficult).

Ok, good point.

This would be local only so they can up/download ebooks here and share with the family - when they’re here.

Thanks

So… if my SO is buying ebooks from the Kobo store, can they upload to Calibre (etc) and then someone else can download it?

They read a heap of books and want to share them with their family… who are on Kindles, with that DRM nonsense (boooo)

Yeah, this.

It’s annoying as hell waiting 6 weeks for someone to come online with that last 3%.

Anything I find like that I seed as long as I can

Yep, totally agree… the right tool for the right job.

Get an SSH tunnel working first.

That’ll find all the problems poking holes through home routers, dynamic public IPs, etc.

Once you’ve got that part running, then you can look at VNC or… and hear me out… I just run the X11 apps remotely. So I’m opening their apps on my laptop, changing the config for their session and it’s done.

I reconfigured Thunderbird that way when we moved email providers foe the family’s email.

No need for VNC to transmit all their screen when just the app is needed 😉

Yeah, I agree… I want (and have) a NAS… and a separate Server.

The NAS is a NAS, not a TrueNas running my firewall, making coffee and keeping the house warm.

I also agree with OMV for someone starting out. I stuck with it until it got a little too containerised for my own liking and ended up building my NAS out of standard Arch because I now knew what features I wanted.

And my Proxmox is on a passively cooled small, silent, box in my home office. It will be upgraded to Incus on plain Arch one day because, again, I now know what features I want / don’t want.

For OP, try things, break things, try other things… just make sure you have backups 😉

Thankyou. For some reason thst just made me laugh and I’ve had a shit day… so thanks 🙂

I bet you it’s a hardware issue.

Run Memtest+ to check the RAM first…

Might be a PSU / heat issue…

Where’s Prosody in the list?

Interesting…

I have a Pi Zero2W with a (v1) respeaker hat and it’s pretty good, but doesn’t do well in a moderately noisy environment.

I was considering to get a voice preview instead… but… maybe I should consider the v2 respeaker instead? I already have the pi…

Arch is on 2026…