Willdrick
@Willdrick@lemmy.world
- Comment on Looking for opinions on Trilium Notes 4 days ago:
The normal account (dafault) is the only monetized option, giving 100mb of free space.
I did a quick check on the self hosted option in the beginning and same, seemed too convoluted and decided to stick with the local method, since I tested it (turning phone WiFi off) and it was still syncing (via tailscale)
On the upside, I tested the import/export features and seemed rather solid, so you can always create a new local account (save the seed phrase!) And bring your stuff back into it.
- Comment on Looking for opinions on Trilium Notes 4 days ago:
I have nginx set up for limited stuff, most of my selfhosted services I kept behind tailscale.
The only big con I found against it, it’s hard to switch between the self-hosted and “normal” vaults. I should test if I can have another copy (eg appimage) with separate settings for that.
I am heavily using the local-only mode but I’ve also recommended it to some normie friends, so sharing vaults in different modes becomes a hassle
- Comment on Looking for opinions on Trilium Notes 5 days ago:
I know this is a rather necro-y post, but I’m surprised nobody mentioned anytype. I’ve been using it for the last 2 months and I’m slowly moving my notes off obsidian, as well as my journal off logseq/nextcloud.
I went in a bit weary, the webpage looks like the typical startup project ready to pull the rug off your feet at any point, but there’s a self-hosted option and even a local-only mode that syncs devices across your LAN.
- Comment on how do you explain selfhosting to the non-techies in your life? 1 week ago:
I normally tell it straight from why I got interested on it: “I like my stuff being mine”
- Comment on What is a good self-hosted solution for sharing files with friends? 2 weeks ago:
file.pizza just because the pizza toppings URLs are fun and nasty
- Comment on Internal domain and reverse proxy 2 weeks ago:
You say that, but I’ve seen so many dodgy iot devices… Specially deploying PiHole you start to see so much random traffic from stupid stuff like a smartplug or a TV box
- Comment on Internal domain and reverse proxy 2 weeks ago:
I recently finished something like this at home, npmplus+pihole. I’ll never do it again, and the moment it breaks I’ll go back to just using Tailscale’s MagicDNS
- Comment on How to start off small with the intent to expand 3 weeks ago:
If you can overcome the first kinda large step of setting up a basic install of Proxmox + ZFS pool, you’ll love it. You can try shit out and nuke it if you don’t like it. Helper Scripts from here are also a great way to try stuff without breaking anything you already have. each container gets its own IP so you don’t have to juggle stuff with a reverse proxy (which is a PITA to set up properly) and with TailScale on the host, you can pretty much access everything from anywhere, without exposing it to the wider internet.
Creating a ZFS pool is also rather nice, because you can keep adding new disks to the pool when you’re running short. Ideally you’d use some mirroring for security. Backups are also nice with proxmox, as long as you don’t give every LXC a giant size quota.
Last thing, DO get an UPS, even if it’s a small consumer grade one that lasts 5 minutes. Make sure it has some sort of conectivity (network or USB) and it’s linux compatible. I’ve lost a lot of time rebuilding a 2yo NextCloud install that went all wonky after a blackout.
So in a detailed summary from your points:
- Proxmox makes it easy to make, test and restore backups, even if it’s for a spare drive or across the network. Setting up a /mnt/usb mountpoint for an external USB drive by UUID is one way of having it available when needed, and kept offline for safekeeping
- Frigate NVR. Lightweight, can integrate with HomeAssistant for automations and alerts. Try getting “dumb” IP cameras, most of the smart IoT stuff will try to upsell you on crap and might end up bricked by the company down the line.
- Nextcloud for your PC backups and Immich for your phone photos. NC also has an android and iOS app that can sync folders you tell it to.
- Look up “YAMS”. I’d recommend running the whole YAMS stack + portainer on a separate Proxmox LXC so you can easily put the whole thing on a separate VPN instead of relying on the provided gluetun package
- For quick One-offs, portainer is more than enough. There’s Pterodactyl and Pelican for more in-depth server hosting but I found it too cumbersome
- PiHole LXC on a fixed IP and set your devices (or better yet, your router/AP if you can) pointing to it’s IP as the primary DNS server
- not really sure what you mean here, wired connections tend to be the best, maybe get a Pi or a small android box that supports ethernet.
- HomeAssistant (use the VM helper script for full HAOS!)
- HomeAssistant again, try getting a smart meter that doesn’t rely on shitty APIs like Tuya, unless you’re willing to dive into hacking with tasmota.
- ProxmoxLXC, there’s already a helper script for it.
- Kiwix-server has a docker image, easily hostable and it takes Wikipedia’s offline archive files.
Good Luck and Have Fun!
- Comment on Any advice for me a guy turning 18 yo old?? 4 weeks ago:
Don’t send dickpics. You never know when they’ll show up on a leak.
- Comment on What's the best chat to self host? 4 weeks ago:
I finally made it work last week. I was overcomplicating, as usual: nextcloud AIO includes all the requirements to run Talk, I just had to modify the config file to point at my domain and add a new entry at :8081 on my reverse proxy. Hosted a 2 hour video call with 3 friends without issues!
- Comment on I am attempting to get into self hosting after a shockingly frightening experience. I am very lost though. 5 weeks ago:
I didn’t start with a spare, so by the time I was semi-reliant on my self hosted stuff, a breakage was an issue. Also I started with bare Linux, then CasaOS. There was no easy rollback from snapshot/restore backup like on proxmox
- Comment on I am attempting to get into self hosting after a shockingly frightening experience. I am very lost though. 5 weeks ago:
Good luck!
- Comment on I am attempting to get into self hosting after a shockingly frightening experience. I am very lost though. 5 weeks ago:
I will probably get flogged by this answer but here it goes:
I’d throw you right into the deep end: get a spare machine (an old laptop or PC) and install proxmox on it. Play around, breaks shit, delete the container/VM and start over.
Grab stuff from the Community Helper Scripts and see new stuff, try alternatives, see what works for you and don’t be afraid of breaking stuff.
It takes a bit longer and some basic concepts might fly over your head, but the stuff you learn like this, you learn by heart.
It’s been a few years since I started tinkering with a laptop with a busted video output circuit. Now I serve NextCloud and Immich to my family, keep receipts and documents neatly organised on Paperless, have a decent arr stack and a bunch of extra goodies. All from “a PC without video? Might as well make a server” now with a proper machine with several drives on ZFS pools, health checks and redundancy.
Its a helluva rabbit hole.
- Comment on The demise of Flash didn't bring any big HTML5/JS equivalent for watching animations; fast internet and better video compression made those types of animations become raster videos as well 5 weeks ago:
Microsoft Silverlight: “Hold my beer”
- Comment on Self hosted chore app 5 weeks ago:
If you already have HomeAssistant
- Comment on What's your favourite menu music in a game? 1 month ago:
I already commented on Outer Wilds, and this one is probably not fitting on Patient Gamers, but…
I have never just stopped and listened the main menu of a game fully, on multiple occasions… Until Expedition 33.
For whatever reason I felt like i was comitting a sheer disrespectful act to interrupt it.
- Comment on What's your favourite menu music in a game? 1 month ago:
Man, being earwormed in the main menu and through the entrire game to reach credits and have the full song blast through was mind blowing to me back when it released!
The only game so far that achieved this (and surpassed it by a lot IMO) is Outer Wilds
- Comment on Selhosted Spotify Alternative for Closed Social Network? 1 month ago:
I loved the idea behind Funkwhale but damn it was such q a chore to set up I ended up spinning up 4 navidrome instances lol
- Comment on Why I Ditched Spotify, and How I Set Up My Own Music Stack | LeshiCodes 2 months ago:
No joke here, try (internet) radio. You’ll discover stuff you’d never get on algo-based recommendations. I might be biased by growing up with Winamp’s shoutcast
- Comment on Epic should come clean and just rename the engine 2 months ago:
Ooooooh this is huge! Thanks, i was really itching to play em!
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- Comment on It slaps tho 2 months ago:
Thats an aussie delicacy, what struggle?
Snags ftw, mate!
- Comment on Lemmy is a tech literate echo chamber 3 months ago:
Easy, they got slowboiled since the Vista era.
- Comment on The Steam controller was ahead of its time 4 months ago:
Which version? The daisy wheel or the dual thumb keyboard?
I kinda miss the older circular mode, it was hard to get used to, but it was really quick and precise
- Comment on The Steam controller was ahead of its time 4 months ago:
No they weren’t. I used to play Elite Dangerous and the paddles were used as modifiers, so for example the left paddle held down would change all the face button inputs to distributing energy while the right pad would swap them to common cockpit functions (landing gear, fsd, lights…) Meanwhile both bumpers and triggers remained as a single function: yaw and weapon groups
- Comment on I think my server might nit be a fan of the upcoming heatwave 4 months ago:
If you feel particularly nerdy and love stats and graphs, here’s a rabbit hole for you
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 4 months ago:
I kinda use most of proton’s stuff. Also I’m not on the us so no idea what the second part means
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 4 months ago:
It’s on my to-research list. I heard some rumblings that tailscale might go IPO. Not that’s bad by itself but I have been burned by stuff like that leaving me stranded once they “pivot their operations to maximize investor satisfaction” (aka enshittification)
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 4 months ago:
Thats what Felix said, im personally a fan of OrganicMaps
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 4 months ago:
Articles too much time too, so I made you this
Google bad, tracking sucks Android -> graphene Keep -> joplin Docs -> nextcloud Gmail -> proton GMaps -> car GPS Tailscale Selfhosted on SteamDeck
