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nexttech@lemmy.world 7 hours agoPretty cool setup. Navidrome and Readeck are also on my bucket list now !
But i got confused on the part where you said that you run your own network . What does that mean? and How does that work?
Oh, I think I meant, in my own insufficient vernacular: ‘my network’. Meaning the LAN that I administer. Servers, TV’s iot devices(1), servers(3), security measures like a standalone pfsense firewall, security cams, etc. Much like a commercial ISP network, just scaled down considerably and local. My services are reachable exterior of my network, protected by SSO (Authentik). I am the only user so I do not make my services publicly available to anyone but me. It’s a playground to me, that has it’s very practical uses, Even tho I’m old as dirt, I still like toys. LOL
Sorry. “so I run my network” was not really a complete thought.
nexttech@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
No no it’s fine . I still have soo many questions
But i’m going to have to stop at this so that i can make my own research.
Thank you . Your answers were written in near perfect english , punctuation, etc … everything was perfect in your responses . How did you do that !
I would like to get into reading any recommendations ? any genre is fine
Like I said my man, I’m willing to answer anything I can. I am not an expert nor a IT guy. There are many more skilled and knowledgable here. I just do a ton of reading, and a lot of trying, until it works correctly, then I write all that down because my brain is shit.
I have Tailscale as an overlay VPN on both the pfsense firewall, and the servers themselves as a security measure. I can ‘tunnel in’ via Tailscale if I need to. It’s also useful if pull a boner like I’ve done in the past and locked myself out of my server. DOH! Dumbass. LOL
Such as technical material, or just casual entertainment reading? If you’re a new kid on the Linux/selfhosting block, I highly recommend Linux Upscale Challenge. TechnoTim has some good stuff to read. There’s also blogs like selfh.st and noted.lol tho noted.lol doesn’t seem as active as selfh.st.
Well, English is my native tongue, tho I wouldn’t say I speak it perfectly. I do know a few other languages such as Spanish, Patois (which you’d hear throughout the Caribbean), and a couple others just enough to get by. I also use spellcheck prolifically. If anyone ever got access to my browsing history, they’d see a ton of searches to see if I’m actually using a word correctly. I really can’t explain it more specifically than that, other than it’s just the way I converse normally? Thanks for the compliment tho, I guess. LOL
nexttech@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I have never thought of using tailscale like that ! it’s so genuis you won’t ever lock yourself out of your own server.
Because i don’t have much experience with exposing services on the internet i am going to stay on tailscale for now. but it would be so cool to have my friends reach my server on the internet without having to deal with tailscale
( O . O ) , New kid on the block likes the reading recommendations especially Linux Upscale Challenge because i can easily see what skills i am missing and the areas i am already comfortable in.
It’s way better that doom scrolling / binging animes for hours on end (which i am guilty of) .
Your way of conversing is genuinely amazing , i wonder how you are able to express your thoughts into words in such detail