gedaliyah
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world
- Comment on WHY??? 1 day ago:
TLDR That’s what happens when circles get squished together.
- Comment on CopyParty is kind of a great file server 2 days ago:
I never heard of this before, but it looks similarly easy to deploy. It requires Javascript instead of Python, which is the same to me although I’m sure others will have a strong preference for one or the other. Pretty nice interface though.
- Comment on CopyParty is kind of a great file server 2 days ago:
Genuinely curious: What advantage would you have from running it in a docker container?
- Comment on Do you feel the spirit??? 3 days ago:
In this economy, that’s the one present everyone can afford.
- Comment on CopyParty is kind of a great file server 3 days ago:
LOL well at least you know I’m not an AI. Fixing now.
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- Comment on Guidance for Noob? (Synching vs Nextcloud, Immich, Tailscale) 3 days ago:
I also had a lot of difficulty setting up NextCloud. Based on the various reviews and comments, it seems like I may have actually dodged a bullet.
In general, as I’ve tried different self-hosting solutions, I’ve found that using a dedicated solution for each purpose has given me better results. I use Radicale for contacts and Calendar, Immich for photos, Jellyfin for media (Navidrome for music is great, but I ended up keeping my music library in Jellyfin because I liked the client apps better).
I’m using OwnCloud for filesync, although I’m also testing CopyParty, which is pretty phenomenal and stupid simple.
Tailscale is GOAT. Some people have speculated that it could be subject to enshitification some day. It’s managed by a for-profit company, but everything they do is open source. There are already well-tested forks like HeadScale if you ever have the need to self-host it in the future.
NextCloud seems great if you can get it working and provides a lot of services in one. Some people have said that causes bloat and slowdown, so there are two sides to the coin.
Syncthing is likely not a good option for a file server. It’s great if you want to have a shared file or folder on multiple devices, especially if you just want to transfer files quickly and seamlessly. It’s fantastic at what it does, but it’s not a file server. There are a lot of opportunities for error when using Syncthing.
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 4 days ago:
I’m very sorry to hear that. What is your family support situation look like? That’s one of the most important factors.
- Comment on The British Empire 4 days ago:
Literally hundreds of studies showing that if people can buy a house before they’re 40, they will have more children.
You can’t legislate your way into a higher birth rate. Even authoritarian countries have tried and failed. But you can legislate systemic changes that help people with housing, childcare, and groceries.
- Comment on Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle 1 week ago:
And here I’ve been throwing away all my dead mosquitoes like a sucker.
- Comment on Need some help with remote access please. 1 week ago:
Yeah, it operates like a VPN. On my wife’s phone, I installed tailscale and set it as the “always on” VPN so that she never has to touch it. The same goes for computers. You can have it set as a startup app, and it should automatically connect every time.
On some devices, if you want to use another VPN, it can get complicated.
Tailscale only responds to the range of connections that it’s in charge of, so it doesn’t interfere with connecting to normal internet, etc.
- Comment on Need some help with remote access please. 1 week ago:
I use Tailscale. It’s much simpler. Just install it on the host and client devices and everything is securely connected.
You may also be interested in Calibre Web Automated (which is similar but with more features)
- Comment on How do you handle junk email? 1 week ago:
There are some tweaks you can usually do on the server/host side as well. That’s particularly helpful if you use Thunderbird on multiple devices, such as desktop and phone.
Hopefully it will be even easier over time to sync settings between devices — I’d love to see filters and signatures across devices one day.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 2 weeks ago:
…And other signs that you may be in a cult.
- Comment on Watch me go Reddit 2 weeks ago:
If you have a way to contact your friends, let them know where to meet you.😉
- Comment on Is it normal to be able to shut your nose from within? 2 weeks ago:
I think some of those are genetic.
- Comment on YSK about the French Republican Calendar 2 weeks ago:
Thermidor > July ×10
- Comment on YSK about the French Republican Calendar 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Who says protection from electromagnetic waves can't be stylish? 3 weeks ago:
This 90s retro fashion is getting out of hand.
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- Comment on moving from nextcloud to opencloud 3 weeks ago:
Why use a software that requires an involved workaround when there is software available that already does it?
Nothing against NextCloud, buy it’s not the only solution available, and people have different needs.
- Comment on moving from nextcloud to opencloud 4 weeks ago:
Not OP, but having files and folder structures accessible in the OS helps with a lot of tasks and interoperability.
If I want to add media files to Jellyfin, etc, I can’t just drop them into the video folder remotely because I have it mapped to a particular folder on the drive. If I want to make a copy of a large folder, I first have to mount the cloud as a “remote” drive, then do the operation from there.
It’s much easier to access files and folders outside of a database if they are needed for anything outside of the cloud service. I know that there may also be some security and efficiency factors that make a database favorable, but in terms of ease of use, it is just more effort to use a fileserver that operates through a database.
- Comment on Does piefed not have a modlog view? 4 weeks ago:
There are several apps and UIs that do this. Tesseract for one.
- Comment on Got Banned for Fixing Roku — The Paul Blart Mod Chronicles 4 weeks ago:
It’s just because they used novel punctuation — some people still type like this.
- Comment on Got Banned for Fixing Roku — The Paul Blart Mod Chronicles 4 weeks ago:
depends on the been.
- Comment on how do you explain selfhosting to the non-techies in your life? 4 weeks ago:
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I like to own the stuff I buy.
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I don’t want to pay a corporation a monthly fee to access my own data.
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I don’t want a corporation or government to have unlimited access to my stuff.
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- Comment on What is a good self-hosted solution for sharing files with friends? 4 weeks ago:
Having come from zero knowledge, to now self-hosting for over a year, I can tell you that you just search for them one at a time. Sometimes they will make sense. Sometimes not yet.
Stick around here, ask questions, and look things up.
- Comment on WTF BIT ME? 4 weeks ago:
What about one mosquito with six guns?
