• users: 1 (just myself)
• following: 254
• timeline_purge_days: 30
• disk: 298m (/var/snac/data)
• ram: 184m (including relayd, httpd, logger, snac itself)

Having a "reflective" afternoon.

On the topic of free operating systems, I have been playing with these lately, and recommend if it suits usage (alpha order).

- Alpine Linux (my daily driver)
- Chimera Linux
- Elementary Linux
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- Solus Linux

Not "mainstream" suggestions per se, and that's kinda the point. Caveats re: glibc/musl, nvidia support, etc. apply.

If I had to have nvidia support for my primary workstation I'd probably go with Solus (KDE), or at least try it, in spite of systemd.

I'm starting to scratch the surface on

- CachyOS

for my son's gaming rig. Pretty much what it says on the tin. I like it. Arch could use a bit of polish. We'll see how it goes on real hardware.

Others that I haven't run much beyond playing with the iso, but am intrigued by, mostly by intended use case tbh:

- Mint
- Zorin

I used to run these for years and years and years but don't nowadays:

- Arch
- Gentoo

Excellent, but the time intensity ...

~20 years ago I used to run Gentoo in a government research agency data centre. Even came up with an "ansible-like" set of deployment scripts/framework and whatnot in /bin/bash to manage them (pre-dates Ansible).

Fun times... the time... the time.

Gentoo was bracketed by RHEL in the past and CentOS as the successor. CentOS was fine but gave up a lot of performance way back then. Shifting priorities, server hardware was still following Moore's, and all that.

I flirted with Ubuntu a bit over the years. Could never really get into it back when it was decent. I won't touch it now.

Today, I think I'm done with Debian. Too static for my tastes - stuff gets too stale. Sure, there's Testing/Sid but there's also other options at that point.

Now that I'm a sysadmin just for myself I can embrace using whatever I want. Ha.

I'm all about community projects nowadays.

Corporate software will eventually disappoint you so it pays to just not go there in the first place.

Deep thoughts.

#Linux #RunBSD #HomeLab #SelfHosted #SelfHosting

ich hab jetzt ne Miniserverbrücke oder ist das schon ne Serverfarm 🤔
#selfhosting

So that's it. I've retired. Well, technically not quite because I'm still being paid for another week. However, my two work laptops have been wiped and handed back along with my security pass, and my development desktop machine has been cleaned up and shut down. I've deleted the various TOTP entries for my work accounts from my phone.

It's over. I'm free.

I'll keep myself mentally active with some #FOSS development, and will continue to enjoy tinkering with #SelfHosting on my #HomeLab , hopefully with a bit more mental energy available than before. Good times lie ahead, I hope.

What bring you to the path of self-hosting?

I guess for me is that because in the mid 2000's the free hosting services were quite terrible and I get my hands on the old family computer and some documentation about Debian.

#selfhosting

Mein #nobigtech journey ist irgendwie vorübergehend zum Stillstand gekommen. Alle bigtech-socialmedia-Accounts sind gelöscht, meine Daten aus Onedrive auf ne #nextcloud umgezogen, mein Freundeskreis auf #signal Mein neuer #linux PC macht mich immer noch glücklich. Und nu? Warten, bis der #raspberrypi geliefert wird und ich mit #selfhosting und #pihole experimentieren kann.. Gilt das jetzt schon als "Onni hat übrigens Ahnung von Technik"?

Am I the only dumbfuck to not use docker/containerization and host stuff the old way?

#selfhosting

Logiciel open source, prise en charge de DoH/DoT/DoQ, protections et architecture : j’ai documenté la stack de HostuxDNS ici :
https://dns.hostux.net/stack.html

#DNS #Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Hostux

Ok #homeautomation and #selfhosting folks, I am looking for opinions (boosts welcome).

I have this swimming pool controller that I built off a raspberry pi. It sits outside in a waterproof enclosure year-round. Temperatures range from -10ºC to 50ºC over the course of a year. It's running Raspbian or some Debian-flavored Linux.

I've tried spinning rust hard drives and SSDs. They die within 12-18 months and I'm on my third failure. I have a couple ideas.

1. Netboot: I could have it boot via PXE or TFTP or something and have no permanent storage outside.
2. SD flash cards. I could just run it off a micro-SD, and keep a few handy so when they burn out, I just swap it in. I can use NFS for permanent storage, so the loss of the SD doesn't matter.
3. Some kind of storage that is more resilient to this kind of temperature and humidity swing?

Thoughts on storage for this outdoor project? I'm asking other questions later in the thread.

The current waterproof box I use is a 300 x 300 x 180mm version of this. It works well, so I don't need a different one, but I'm open to suggestions.

#homeautomation #selfhosting

In case there are any doubts about updating to the latest #synology #DSM 7.3.2 version, be sure to check this list of CVE exploits that were patched

https://www.synology.com/en-global/security/advisory/Synology_SA_26_06

#selfhosting #selfhosted #homelab #security #network #storage

Whelp. My #minisforum ms01 died overnight underscoring some fears I had over the build quality of these models. #homelab #selfhosting

Syncthing-Fork is an open-source Android app for syncing files directly between your devices --no cloud needed.

Built on Syncthing, it uses peer-to-peer connections so your data stays private and fully under your control.

A solid alternative to Google Drive or Dropbox if you care about decentralization and privacy.

👉 https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHosting #Decentralization #Android #DigitalMinimalism

Alt...

Screenshot of Synching-Fork Android wrapper project page showing license MPLv2, release v2.0.16.0, downloads 220k, F-Droid v2.0.16.0, last month 55716, “GET IT ON Obtainium”, translated 72%, Build App passing, and description: “A wrapper of Synching for Android. Head to the releases section or F-Droid for builds. Please seek help on the forum and/or social media apps first before creating issues on the tracker.”

It is home sever rebuild day. Wish me luck.... #selfhosting

I've been running two degraded ZFS arrays for the last few weeks (Debian host).

Yeah, I know. Whatevs.

One of the pools was basically "scratch" backup space and one of the spindles died (breaking the utility of the mirror). Pulled the drive, wiped the remaining, put back in service with minimum fuss as a single drive. I'll throw another spindle at it when drive prices drop again.

The other array had the SSD cache die and it's been chugging along fine ever since. Not a big deal, but from a "experience" point of view it "feels slow" like a working md array.

New SSD arrived in the mail so that'll get sorted sometime today/tomorrow.

So, what's this post about?

Linux peeps, if you are thinking about md arrays, just stop, take the time, and throw 'yer leg over the zfs horse. It's worth it.

#Linux #RunBSD #zfs #md #mdadm #raid #homelab #SelfHosted #SelfHosting

Now I get notified when my certificates are expiring before everything breaks.

#monitoring #observability #certificates #grafana #selfhosting #sysadmin

Alt...

Custom builded Grafana dashboard that shows that 4 certificates are healthy.

Is anyone in the Fediverse self-hosting an RSS aggregator? Preferably that doesn't need docker?

Looking for recommendations. I'm currently using the Vivaldi integrated one, but that doesn't sync between devices.

#RSS #SelfHosting

After quite some time, I finally have all the pieces in place. Over the last 30 minutes, I’ve set up one of my servers from scratch. Here are some key changes:
- Reverse Proxy: Nginx with Modsecurity (WAF)
- Container Isolation: Every container runs in a seperate linux user
- Podman Quadlet: I rewrote all my compose stacks into quadlet files - now all containers are starting probably after reboot :party
- Grafana: Grafana's configuration is no managed by Opentofu which provitions at the moment the datasources (Grafana Loki and Prometheus) as well as the dashboards.
- Server hardening: Improved ssh configuration, firewall, permissions in general on this host
- Ansible: Everything is powered by ansible
- Certbot: Use wildcard certificates for my domains / subdomains for easier renew process
- Backups: All those services have proper backups configured which are timed with systemd timer and are replicated into my local homelab.
- Services that are running at the moment
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Grafana Loki
- Grafana Alloy
- GitLab Runner
- some other services that I wanna migrate to this server

#homelab #sysadmin #linux #ansible #automation #devsecops #selfhosting #declarative #gitops #monitoring

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Zed Editor launches Agent Metrics, offering public AI agent usage data:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/zed-editor-launches-agent-metrics-offering-public-ai-agent-usage-data/

Immich 2.7 adds duplicate resolution, editor shortcuts, new web actions, and much more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/immich-2-7-adds-duplicate-resolution-editor-shortcuts-new-web-actions-and-much-more/

SQLite 3.53 fixes WAL-reset bug, adds QRF library, new SQL features, improved CLI and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/sqlite-3-53-fixes-wal-reset-bug-adds-qrf-library-new-sql-features-improved-cli-and-more/

GNU nano 9.0 CLI Text Editor Released with New Features and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-nano-9-0-cli-text-editor-released-with-new-features-and-improvements

Microsoft has terminated developer accounts of VeraCrypt, WireGuard & Windscribe software:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/microsoft-has-terminated-developer-accounts-of-veracrypt-wireguard-and-windscribe-software/
(It was only by accident, right, Microsoft? RIGHT??)

FosseryWeb progress report:
I regenerated the HTML cheatsheets using the new page-builders tool, and fixed a lot of bugs/mistakes. Now I'm working on regenerating the JavaScript cheatsheets.
https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/
https://fosseryweb-min.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/

Vulkan 1.4.349 Released With Data Graph Optical Flow Extension:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.349

Hugging Face Contributes Safetensors To PyTorch Foundation To Secure AI Model Execution:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PyTorch-Safetensors

Godot gets a funding boost from Slay the Spire 2 devs Mega Crit:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/godot-gets-a-funding-boost-from-slay-the-spire-2-devs-mega-crit/

Legendary, the free and open source Epic Games Launcher, has moved to a new organisation:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/legendary-the-free-and-open-source-epic-games-launcher-has-moved-to-a-new-organisation/

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.8 Released with Fastboot Improvements, Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-8-released-with-fastboot-improvements-bug-fixes

Redox OS Establishes AI Policy To Forbid Contributions Made Using LLMs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-March-2026

NetBSD 11.0 Nears Release With RC3 Released For Testing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0-RC3

Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026.1 With Backend For Llama.cpp, New Hardware Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenVINO-2026.1-Released

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #Zed #Immich #SQLite #GNUNano #FosseryWeb #FosseryWebMin #Vulkan #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #HuggingFace #GodotEngine #Godot #RaspberryPIImager #RedoxOS #NetBSD #OpenVINO #Llamacpp #PyTorch #DBMS #SelfHosting #Development #IDE #CodeEditor #TextEditor #Programming #Dev #BSD #FosseryTech

Hello, we're on Mastodon 👋

🎧 Follow for updates on Navidrome, the open-source music streaming server 🎧

#music #selfhosting #opensource #streaming

Moderating #hashtags in #Mastodon is a dreadful task in a terrible interface. 🤷‍♂️

Is it me? Any #tips from the #community ?

#selfhosting

I have a domain at simply.com with a few services running on a server at home.

Previously I used Caddy with subdomains registered with my hosting provider's DNS panel, and ports 80 and 443 opened to the public internet. Anybody could access my services from the outside.

I've now changed to using WireGuard and a custom build of Caddy with a wildcard certificate for my domain. Pi-hole handles DNS for subdomains, e.g. cloud.example.com for Nextcloud.

I'm using podman system quadlets for Pi-hole and Caddy (both use privileged ports), and podman secrets for sensitive data.

In /etc/containers/systemd/caddy, I have 3 files:

Containerfile
--------------------
FROM docker.io/caddy:builder AS builder

RUN xcaddy build --with github.com/caddy-dns/simplydotcom

FROM docker.io/caddy:latest

COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/caddy /usr/bin/caddy
--------------------

caddy.build
------------------
[Build]
ImageTag=localhost/caddy
SetWorkingDirectory=unit
------------------

caddy.container
-------------------------
[Unit]
Description=Caddy container
After=network-online.target

[Container]
AutoUpdate=registry
ContainerName=caddy
Image=caddy.build
Secret=simply_account_name,type=env,target=SIMPLY_ACCOUNT_NAME
Secret=simply_api_key,type=env,target=SIMPLY_API_KEY
Volume=/srv/containers/caddy/conf:/etc/caddy:Z
Volume=/srv/containers/caddy/data:/data:Z
PublishPort=443:443

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
-------------------------

The Caddyfile is stored in /srv/containers/caddy/conf/:

Caddyfile
---------------
*.example.com {
tls {
dns simplydotcom {env.SIMPLY_ACCOUNT_NAME} {env.SIMPLY_API_TOKEN}
}

@caddy host caddy.example.com
handle @caddy {
respond "Hello World!"
}
}
---------------

See Caddy documentation for more on wildcard directives.

https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/patterns#wildcard-certificates

#selfhosting #homelab #podman #caddy

The excellent free open self-hosted online service platform Nextcloud has just started posting videos to its own PeerTube server. You can follow their account at:

➡️ @nextcloud_main

They've already posted nine videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://peertube.nextcloud.com/a/nextcloud_main/videos

You can also follow their Mastodon account at @nextcloud

#FeaturedPeerTube #Nextcloud #SelfHosting #FOSS #PeerTube