Mikelius

@Mikelius@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wait, that game is still playable online?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Last I checked, Populous the beginning still has a small community going on Popre!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fully self-hosted password manager options⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using “passwords” on nextcloud for a few years now. Minimal issues with the app, moving apps, and browser extensions. Not perfect, but hey it’s self hosted and reliable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Accused of 'Secret Data Collection' in Single-Player Games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also wouldn’t consider this a secret…

  I found years ago that if you block ubi.com and ubisoft.com (if you have a self hosted DNS or a way to block domains on a network), and any other sub domains you might spot, the games work fine. They just take like a full minute to load while they try their best to hit the servers. So yeah I’ve never agreed to the TOS for a few games as a result.

  Needles to say, you’ll need these domains unblocked to play multiplayer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG seems to be considering paid membership option⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was seriously just finally starting to become interested in using them a lot more for gaming since I got some success getting it to work on my Linux install. This would make me do a full 180 though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I really need a firewall for my server?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My personal advice, secure it down to only permitting what needs it, regardless of your trust to the network.

  Treat each device as if they’ve been compromised and the attacker on the compromised device is now trying to move laterally. Example scenario: had you blocked all devices except your laptop or phone to your server, your server wouldn’t have been hacked because someone went through a hacked cloud-connected HVAC panel.

  I lock down everything and grant access only to devices that should have access. Then on top of that, I enable passwords and 2FA on everything as if it were public… Nothing I self host is public. It’s all behind my network firewall and router firewall, and can only be accessed externally by a VPN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could never get Plex to work the way I wanted it to, so I’m actually someone who moved to Kodi and then to Emby. Once I got into Emby, I’ve yet to leave it. My biggest problem now is that I want to leave it for Jellyfin, but the lack of many things I love about Emby have never been moved to Jellyfin.

  For example, I have a very specific organization of my music libraries I use to navigate what I want to listen to much quicker, since I’m into all kinds of genres of music. Emby allows me to navigate by folder structure, so if I’m in the mood for heavy metal one day, go to that folder. If classical another day, go there. Jellyfin on the other hand didn’t have folder structure view and even though it’s one of the top requested features for the past few years when I last checked, it’s never been added…

  I think the day Jellyfin does fill in these gaps, assuming new ones aren’t introduced due to Emby also improving, I’ll finally jump over.

  I guess to the original topic, I do think Jellyfin exceeds Plex though lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus 1 to Venstar. Got myself the T7900 and even though it offers internet access, I just blocked it at my router and connected it to the network, controlling it through home assistant. No need for third party access and whatnot with it since it’s completely local.