klangcola

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home Assistant in Proxmox, local dns not working⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard to say without knowing which method you used to install HomeAssistant.

  But I never found mdns .local addresses to be very reliable. They work 80-90% of the time, but the remaining 10-20% are a hassle.

  Instead I’d recommend you install PiHole (in a docker container is easiest). PiHole is a DNS server intended for network-level ad-blocking. But it also have a handy feature of defining local DNS entries, so you can have HomeAssistant.myhome or HomeAssistant.whatever (.local should not be used with PiHole local DNS because .local is meant for mdns)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First home server advice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some key points regarding Proxmox:

  • Even if you only want to run two services, you still want to keep them isolated. This can save you much pain and frustration in the future when they require upgrades
  • Proxmox let’s you easily manage VM and LXC containers. So you can easily manage backups, or spinning up a separate test instance of your service. Which again, can save you pain and frustration when it comes to future updates of your services.
  • Backups are even better if you can deploy the separate Proxmox Backup Server
  • Should you ever want to add another service in the future, you can test it out in a new VM or container without it affecting your existing services at all
  • ZFS is indeed quite memory hungry, but AFAIK it’s mainly used for the read cache, and can be tuned to use less RAM at the cost of performance
  • ZFS is mentioned a lot because it’s good, but Proxmox also supports a range of other storage technologies: LVM, mdraid, EXT4, CEPH
  • Proxmox is just standard Debian and KVM/QEMU virtual machines under the hood. Which means you can use standard tooling and workflow should you need it for some edgecase.
  • You mentioned Jellyfin in a container: My understanding is that Jellyfin in Docker has some extra limitations or complexities when it comes to hardware encoding.
    • Jellyfin also has official documentation for how to deploy in LXC container and get HW transcoding working (Less complex than in Docker).
    • LXC containers are not like Docker containers. While a Docker container is meant to be an immutable image of a (single) application, LXC is more like a full fledged VM, but without the overhead of virtualization. LXC containers are full systems, and you install software via the usual apt, dnf etc
    • The “correct” way to run Docker in Proxmox is to run Docker in a Virtual machine. Installing Docker inside a LXC container is also possible, with some caveats. Installing Docker directly on the Proxmox host is not recommended

  For reference, my oldest Proxmox server is a 2013 AMD dualcore 16GB DDR2 ram with VMs on LVMthin on a single SSD, with legacy VM doing mdraid of 3 HDDs using hardware passthrough. Performance is still OK, the overhead from Proxmox is negligible compared to strain from the actual workloads

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is everyone using as a HTPC?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh cool, didn’t know you could do that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is everyone using as a HTPC?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I didn’t even consider ads in the UI would be a thing. How disgusting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is everyone using as a HTPC?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Regarding DRM, Netflix (and probably others) require the Widewine library to play back DRM content. This works perfectly fine on a normal Ubuntu PC, but does not work on the Pi because the library does not support ARM, only x86.

  So Id just get any normal PC. Used enterprise mini PCs can be had for quite cheap, and they are small and efficient, and high quality. Search for HP, Dell or Lenovo mini PCs , or 1 litre PCs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is everyone using as a HTPC?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  None at all? If so how? My friends with Apple TV get an obnoxious amount of ads in their YouTube app for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are 3D-printed objects waterproof?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t tried it myself, but have heard in passing that they are generally not waterproof. Might be different for different materials or print orientations though?

  Or you can do some post processing, add a coating, or vapor smooth?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prioritizing de-clouding efforts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice, my HM90s have a really great cooling solution for the CPU (big silent fan, fine finned heat sink). But no cooling on the bottom side of the main board, which houses the RAM, a NVMe and two 2,5" SATA SSDs.

  As usual, the arch wiki is super helpful also for non-arch distros wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lm_sensors#Adding_DIMM_t…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prioritizing de-clouding efforts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Regarding mini PCs; Beware of RAM overheating!

  I bought some Minisforum HM90 for Proxmox selfhosting, installed 64gb RAM (2x32gb DDR4 3200MHz sticks), ran memtest first to ensure the RAM was good, and all 3 mini PCs failed to various degrees.

  The “best” would run for a couple of days and tens of passes before throwing multiple errors (tens of errors) then run for another few days without errors.

  Turns out the RAM overheated. 85-95 C surface temperature. (There’s almost no space or openings for air circulation on that side of the PC). Taking the lid off the PC, let 2/3 computers run memtest for a week with no errors, but one still gave the occasional error bursts. RAM surface temperature with the lid off was still 80-85 C.

  Adding a small fan creating a small draft dropped the temperature to 55-60 C. I then left the computer running memtest for a few weeks while I was away, then another few weeks while busy with other stuff. It has now been 6 weeks of continuous memtest, so I’m fairly confident in the integrity of the RAM, as long as they’re cold.

  Turns out also some, but not all, RAM sticks have onboard temperature sensors. lm-sensors can read the RAM temperature, if the sticks have the sensor. So I’m making a Arduino solution to monitor the temperature with a IR sensor and also control an extra fan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a Bookmark Manager⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Game changing! I’ve never heard of Hoarder before, but will look in to it now.

  LinkDing also has a REST API but I don’t see the option to send attachment files

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a Bookmark Manager⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for SingleFile

  I recently tried LinkWarden, Linkding and Archivebox for making offline copies. They all had the same issue of running in to a Captcha or login wall for the sites I wanted to capture.
  SingleFile to the rescue, as it uses your current browser session as a logged in and verified human.

  Linkeding allows you to upload the singlefile html file attached to it link, but I didn’t see such an option for Linkwarden.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Electric scooter company Bird files for bankruptcy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it’s a different culture, or matter of car and people density, but in my country (Norway) most people cycle on the sidewalk. Including kids of course, from the age of 10 they can cycle to school instead of having to walk.

  Many footpaths here are also officially designated “cycling and walking paths”. Generally the only cyclists you see in the road are sports cyclists in racing bicycles and tight skin suits.

  The thinking here is that cyclists and pedestrians are both “soft traffic participants” so they share a space, while “hard traffic participants” like cars, trucks and motorcycles are kept separate.

  Pedestrians do have right of way over cyclists. As the heavier faster party, cyclists have the responsibility to avoid conflict, by giving right of way, and slowing down and/or chiming their bell to signal their presence before passing pedestrians.

  Personally, if I was told that tomorrow I’m only allowed to cycle on the road, I would get rid of my bike. If I’m gonna be on the road full of lorries busses and SUVs going 60kph, I’d rather just be in my car. It’s just not worth the risk and constant peril. This is in a more suburban and industrial/commercial setting, where the sidewalks have gaps to buildings, and pedestrians are far apart.

  I can however see how in a dense, crowded downtown area where the cars mostly drive slow and the sidewalks are dense with people, that cycling in the road makes more sense.

  Thinking about it the only roads with 30kph limit and a sidewalk are in the very center of the city. All other places with 30kph are basically neighbourhoods etc where there are no sidewalks and everybody shares the road. Roads here with a dedicated sidewalk also have higher speed limits that what a casual cyclist can achieve

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Electric scooter company Bird files for bankruptcy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  People often rode them on sidewalks posing a danger to people walking.

  I’ve seen this sentiment around, but where else are you supposed to ride eScoooters and bicycles? Of course ideally they belong in the bike lane, but most places don’t have bike lines, so the alternatives are sidewalks or in the road with cars.

  If we’re gonna get people out of cars, we need to recognize that walking+transit doesn’t work for everyone a lot of people and that a bicycle/ eScooter is the solution (look at Amsterdam/ Copenhagen how well bicycles work) , but bike lanes don’t get built overnight, especially when few people cycle, if their banished from the safe sidewalk and only allowed to cycle in the dangerous road.

  (I’ve lumped bikes and eScooters together since they both solve the same problem of rapid personal transport, both having speeds of 20-30 kph which is significantly more than pedestrians but less than cars)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Average Lemmy Active Users by Month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Like taiyang said, SteamOS is based on Arch which is super not newbie friendly, but the desktop modes “desktop environment” is KDE which available on pretty much any Linux distro, including beginner friendly ones like (K)Ubuntu and Fedora (although I’m not sure how beginner friendly Fedora is, regarding proprietary drivers and codecs)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how to repair a RJ45 cable?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Like others said it’s mostly just practice.

  What helps is to align the (short) ends and hold them flat between your index finger and thumb. Use your free hand to get them in order. Once they’re in order, keep holding them still between your index finger and thumb using one hand, then use your free hand to slot on the connector

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It might be relatively new, but I’d say Subnautica.

  It was such a breath of fresh air when it came out, and instilled both such a sense of wonder at all the vibrant lifeforms of 4546B and also instilling such dread upon encountering reapers or diving deeper than ever before. I still remember the mixed sense of wonder and unease upon discovering the Jellyshroom caves for the first time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What non-IDE tekst editor do you use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Kate on Linux, Notepad++ on Windows.

  Also, Kate on Windows (it’s really good)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Immich now has Gallery Watcher!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow that’s awesome! Props to etnoy for creating such a polished PR for this feature

  I can’t wait to simply point immich at my existing photo structure :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do any of you use Raspberry Pi’s ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For RPi the two major causes of issues (in my experience) are low spec power supplies and low spec SD-cards.

  Power supplies drop voltage when the loads gets too high, which is especially pronounced with high power USB devices like external harddrives.

  SD-cards tend to get worn out or give write errors after enough writes. Class 10 SD cards are recommended for both speed and longevity. And ideally try to avoid write intensive stuff on the SD card

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Business Continuity Plan if the worst happen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “On a DVD”… 😅 in some decades that might as well be like saving your video to 8mm film. Gotta call some specialist antique dealer on the other side of the continent to find the right tech and right adapters to play it back on modern hardware

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vaultwarden using Docker Compose with existing Certificates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thirding a reverse proxy. Probably Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) is the easiest reverse proxy to get started with, if you don’t want to deal with plain nginx config files

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proxmox and Minisforum - A Solution to Random Crashes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for sharing, I have 3 hm90s I’m about to set up ( just waiting for RAM and SSDs ), these crashes sound super frustrating.

  I was planning to run them detuned anyway to reduce the strain and temperature on the Power Supply, since its a non-standard USB-C which looks hard or impossible to replace if it breaks some years from now