MangoPenguin
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- Comment on Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome 12 hours ago:
People like my parents. I feel like I’m explaining in circles here lol.
OMV is not easy for the average person, you have to know how to boot and install an OS, how to access something on your network via IP, how to assign a static IP, what raid type to use (or not use), how to install and configure something like Nextcloud to access and sync files, where to store files on the filesystem, how to install and configure backups to remote storage… I could go on.
Something as common as having a Google drive type interface on a NAS is very complex with OMV and other open source options.
- Comment on Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years 14 hours ago:
Photoshop I can mostly replace with Photopea and Penpot, but Lightroom alternatives are not easy to use (or are RAW editors only and don’t do photo management) and I haven’t figure out what to do there yet.
Fusion 360 is the real sticking point, there’s no replacement for that or anything that even comes close.
- Comment on Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome 15 hours ago:
They are significantly easier to use.
- Comment on Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome 1 day ago:
That’s fine for us techy people, but my parents would not be able to do that.
- Comment on Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years 1 day ago:
Is that much of a big deal though? Running old GPU drivers is fine, other than maybe if you like playing the latest AAA games down the road.
I mean eventually it will be an issue, but for a long time I imagine they will work just fine.
- Comment on Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years 1 day ago:
Windows only applications mostly. The ones I use are Fusion 360, Photoshop, and Lightroom.
Unfortunately CAD/Graphic design software also often really struggles to run in WINE, especially with updates happening fairly often.
- Comment on Is it useful to create your own Mastodon instance? 1 day ago:
IMO no.
Small instances can have issues with federation and now showing all replies/content.
There’s also the aspect that you’ll need to moderate content stored on your server, if someone posts something illegal and your server caches it, you’re responsible for cleaning it up.
- Comment on Need help with SearXNG installation 1 day ago:
The service will always be on a port, that’s just how networking works.
Do you mean you want to get rid of the path and serve it on the root? So
https://searx.mydomain/instead ofhttps://mydomain/searx - Comment on Need help with SearXNG installation 1 day ago:
What do you want to do? Your explanation isn’t very clear on that…
- Comment on Is it worth migrating docker apps to truenas scale community apps? 4 days ago:
No IMO.
Docker is universal, you can easily migrate to any system. If you migrate you’re stuck on TrueNAS.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 4 days ago:
Bluesky already has domain based verification which solves that perfectly, I guess people just don’t want to use it.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 4 days ago:
Sure, but until it actually gets used significantly in that way, we might as well just say it’s centralized.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 4 days ago:
It was the username so already quite visible.
For example someone at say, NPR, could use a name like @bob.npr.org which is only possible by verifying ownership of the npr.org domain name, so there is no need to vet anything.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 5 days ago:
How come they don’t use the already built in domain verification? It’s basically fool proof to certify that an account is owned by a specific entity.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 5 days ago:
It already has domain verification which is better IMO.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 5 days ago:
Nope, it’s 100% centralized.
- Comment on SMS/MMS backup and sync? 5 days ago:
There’s also one called SMS Import / Export that I haven’t tested, but looks pretty simple.
- Comment on SMS/MMS backup and sync? 5 days ago:
KDE Connect, works pretty well.
For a backups I think QUIK SMS on F-Droid has a backup option.
- Comment on Wikipedia is giving AI developers its data to fend off bot scrapers 6 days ago:
Nope, there’s no specific range of IPs that AI scrapers use.
- Comment on How To: Automate version update for your selfhosted Docker containers with Gitea, Renovate, and Komodo 1 week ago:
I just use the built in Komodo update checkbox for each stack. No extra config needed, and for things like postgres that don’t do major version updates very well I pin the major version in the tag.
- Comment on How To: Automate version update for your selfhosted Docker containers with Gitea, Renovate, and Komodo 1 week ago:
You can do that too with docker tags for the specific major or minor version you want to use.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
You can mitigate most of it by having extremely clear emails that are fast to read, with clearly numbered questions.
- Comment on Best ‘simple’ budgeting app 2 weeks ago:
Actual budget is amazing.
- Comment on Framework temporarily pausing some laptop sales in the US due to tariffs 2 weeks ago:
By the time they calculate the result on their retail price and update the website the orange will probably change everything again.
- Comment on I lost 6 to 10 years of my retirement last week! 2 weeks ago:
Is that worth it when a normal savings account returns 3-5%?
- Comment on Developing a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep 2 weeks ago:
Its not really a keep replacement. Its a good note taking app though.
- Comment on Deletion of major news channel sparks fears Telegram has given in to Kremlin pressure. 2 weeks ago:
You’re thinking of whatsapp
- Comment on Google To Subscribe To Your Emails To Find Content For Your Search Listings. 2 weeks ago:
Mailbox.org is another good option, pretty cheap to use with your own domain which I highly recommend. With your own domain you can move email providers almost instantly later on without needing to update emails on all your accounts.
- Comment on How do I use HTTPS on a private LAN without self-signed certs? 2 weeks ago:
LetsEncrypt.
- Comment on Google To Subscribe To Your Emails To Find Content For Your Search Listings. 2 weeks ago:
This has nothing to do with gmail or the emails you send.