Linux Prepper
Linux Prepper

Linux Prepper

Living Cartoon Company

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A podcast where technology links into just enjoying your life. Who knows what we’ll accomplish?! Inspired by Linux, BSD, Open Source and FOSS. Part of https://james.network and Living Cartoon Company

If you are interested an episode and want to send me thoughts please email: [email protected] The show is subject to change, depending on how it is received. No sponsors, no hard commitments, just frustration and fun.

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What is Selfhosting
OCT 13, 2024
What is Selfhosting
<p>Timestamps</p> <p>(00:24) Hosted Service Definition</p> <ul> <li>Account you have access to: web hosting, Dropbox, email, etc.</li> <li>“I would like an account on your service”</li> </ul> <p>(01:22) Selfhosted Definition</p> <ul> <li>VPS, Dedicated, Colo, Garage, Old Laptop you maintain. <ul> <li>often Single point of failure</li> <li>Distribution is part of our grand experiment!</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>(03:00) Status of the podcast</p> <ul> <li>Please do spread the word if you enjoy the show!</li> <li> <a href="https://castopod.org/">Castopod</a> moved onto a hosted instance. <ul> <li>Castopod supports subscribing from the fediverse</li> </ul> </li> <li>Now accepting <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jamesdotnetwork">paypal donations</a> </li> <li>Domain registrar I recommend - <a href="https://porkbun.com/">Porkbun</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://podcastindex.org/">Podcast Index</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://value4value.info/">Value 4 Value</a> &amp; <a href="https://podcasting2.org/">podcasting 2.0</a> listening support added for those on compatible clients.</li> <li>Join our <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#linuxprepper:matrix.org">Matrix Chat</a> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/the-draupnir-project/Draupnir">Draupnir</a> moderation bot. Fork of <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/mjolnir">Mjolnir</a>.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>(07:40) What tool do you find the most indispensable?</p> <ul> <li>Send in your thoughts to our Matrix chat or to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> </li> </ul> <p>My top tools: notes and a password manager.</p> <p>(08:05) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePass">KeePass</a> - 20+ years of goodness on all platforms! Portable, encrypted, awesome.</p> <ul> <li>Distribute your databases to better manage your services</li> <li>People have paid me to teach them this!</li> <li>Friends &amp; Family approved open source! <ul> <li> <a href="https://keepassxc.org/">KeepassXC</a> on Linux, Mac, Windows</li> <li> <a href="https://keepassium.com/">Keepassium</a> on iOS</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/Kunzisoft/KeePassDX">KeepassDX</a> on Android</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>(10:20) Hey, where is my keepass? sketch</p> <p>(11:30) RSS protocol for updates &amp; notifications.</p> <ul> <li>The introverts “social” network dashboard</li> <li>As good as you make it. Be patient.</li> <li>Basis for all podcasting</li> </ul> <p>(12:10) RSS Clients - use them on any device to get started.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.rssowl.org/">RSSowl</a> - barebones and available on Linux Windows, MacOS. Java based.</li> <li> <a href="https://newsboat.org/">Newsboat</a> - top notch terminal application. Successor to Newsbeuter.</li> </ul> <p>(13:20) RSS Server applications</p> <ul> <li>Adds multi-user support, sharing, archiving, filtering, sync to clients.</li> <li> <a href="https://www.freshrss.org/">FreshRSS</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://miniflux.app/">Miniflux</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://tt-rss.org/">Tiny Tiny RSS</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/news/issues/589">Nextcloud News filter issue</a> </li> </ul> <p>(16:45) Do you have recommendations for RSS compatible services? Let us know!</p> <p>(17:00) <a href="https://feed2toot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">feed2toot</a> - relay you feed into the fediverse of services like Mastodon and this podcast (Castopod).</p> <p>(17:20) <a href="https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge">RSS-bridge</a> convert URL services to RSS</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://rss-bridge.github.io/rss-bridge/General/Public_Hosts.html">Public instances</a> available for you to try.</li> <li>Subscribe to Youtube, Twitter and much more</li> </ul> <p>(18:15) <a href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng">searxng</a> - meta-search engine that supports subscribing to results as RSS.</p> <p>(18:40) <a href="https://wallabag.org/">Wallabag</a> self-hosted PHP archive for web links.</p> <ul> <li>Subscribes to RSS Feeds</li> <li>integrates with RSS server applications mentioned above as a Sharing feature</li> </ul> <p>(19:00) <a href="https://archivebox.io/">Archivebox</a> is another great self-hosted archive.</p> <p>(19:30) <a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/bookmarks">Nextcloud Bookmarks</a>.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://floccus.org/">Floccus</a> front end for Firefix, Chrome, Edge, etc. to Nextcloud Bookmarks, WebDAV, Linkwarden, Git, Google Drive by same dev.</li> <li>Subscribe to your Bookmarks folders as RSS!</li> <li>Share bookmarks with your other RSS services.</li> </ul> <footer><p>Join <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#linuxprepper:matrix.org">#linuxprepper:matrix.org</a> chat on Matrix!</p> <p>Email feedback to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> <p>I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!</p> </footer>
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Despecialized
SEP 11, 2024
Despecialized
<p>Timestamps</p> <p>(00:10) Several years of Ubuntu Studio desktop releases</p> <p>KDE Plasma is solid the last few years! Xfce, Openbox also great.</p> <p>(06:00) <a href="https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift">Timeshift</a> snapshot and restore with rsync or btrfs.</p> <p>(08:00) <a href="https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/">Truenas Scale</a> is a Debian Linux + OpenZFS variation of Freenas BSD + ZFS. File system based snapshots with VM support.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://jrs-s.net/2015/02/06/zfs-you-should-use-mirror-vdevs-not-raidz/">Why Mirror Vdevs are better than raidz</a> </li> </ul> <p>(08:55) 5 years of Raspberry Pi 4. Radxa <a href="https://wiki.radxa.com/Dual_Quad_SATA_HAT">Quad Sata Hat</a> &amp; <a href="https://cdn-reichelt.de/bilder/web/artikel_ws/A300/RPI_NAS_4XSATA_K_02.jpg">Case</a> after a couple years of use.</p> <p>(11:45) <a href="https://castopod.org/">Castopod</a> - Open Source Podcasting Host platform, which supports Podcasting 2.0</p> <p>Open Source Game Recommendation</p> <p>(12:49) <a href="https://cataclysmdda.org/">Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead</a>, <a href="https://www.nethack.org/">NetHack</a>, <a href="https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/">Dwarf Fortress</a></p> <p>Open Hardware Recommendation:</p> <p>(14:25) <a href="https://pine64.com/product/pinepower-65w-gan-2c1a-charger-with-international-plugs/">Pine64 PinePower Travel Charger</a></p> <footer><p>Join <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#linuxprepper:matrix.org">#linuxprepper:matrix.org</a> chat on Matrix!</p> <p>Email feedback to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> <p>I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!</p> </footer>
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16 MIN