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Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by sjwright »

paws wrote: post #158
sjwright wrote: post #155

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If the idea of adding more to your duties as a recreational sysadmin doesn't excite you, a Synology is fantastic. And there's quite an extensive array of app packages you can run on them with nice interfaces. However if you're looking at doing more than basic storage, you might want to look at something like FreeNAS, Proxmox or Unraid. I've no experience with any of these but if you're wanting to do a lot of app cont…

Curious what about Hyper Backup do you like the most?

If there's anything more tedious to me than being a recreational sysadmin, it's being a recreational sysadmin of backups.

Hyper Backup is everything that's good about macOS Time Machine, but even more reliable and runs on my NAS. It took no time or mental effort to set up, it keeps multiple snapshots, and most importantly it has always WORKED when I've needed to recover stuff.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by sjwright »

dreen wrote: post #142
sjwright wrote: post #120

I'm endlessly impressed at how good Synology's DSM interface is. The experience is so incredibly seamless in all the important ways. And it's not just a gimmick—all of the benefits of draggable, resizable windows are there: you can drag files between folders, you can open multiple settings windows at the same time, and so on. There's a live demo: https://demo.synology.com/en-global/dsm

Maybe its the host on which the demo lives, but it seems visually slower than even the fancy examples in OP.

It's a heck of a lot faster when running locally on your own NAS, but it's also worth remembering that it's not just a fancy demo where all of the window content can be stuffed into a single large JS file and downloaded ahead of time. Synology's UI is actually doing real stuff, and the content of every window has to be streamed from the server on demand.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by winrid »

aldanor wrote: post #149
winrid wrote: post #121

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GitHub Desktop is actually pretty awesome. What I don't get is why MongoDB Compass is so slow. It's almost like they have artificial timeouts everywhere.

Disagreed, at least on Mac, while there are (free) apps like Fork.

Haven't tried it on Mac. Again, GitHub Desktop is not meant to be a complete Git CLI as GUI. It's free too.

I haven't tried Fork. For my side projects I don't need to merge or anything often, and when I do I use Idea's three way merge tool anyway.

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Post by bonzini »

luckman212 wrote: post #153
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #144

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I am lowkey thinking of setting up a NAS / inhouse server, on the one hand I can build something myself but OTOH I'm hearing nothing but glowing reviews about Synology.

Synology is great. I've got a 2012 model still chugging away in my closet with no signs of stopping. I can probably count the number of times I've had to reboot it on my 2 hands. Very reliable. I just wish they would put slightly more powerful CPUs in their lineup.

I've got a 2012 two-dish model too, right now it's only used as home media server but for quite some time I was using it for work (NFS with users and all that, and iSCSI for occasional use). Setting it up was stupidly easy.

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Post by tilolebo »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #144
nolok wrote: post #138

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Agreed. DSM is basically the reason to buy synology over competitors : you pay almost twice the price the hardware is worth, and in exchange you get their top notch software and support.

I am lowkey thinking of setting up a NAS / inhouse server, on the one hand I can build something myself but OTOH I'm hearing nothing but glowing reviews about Synology.

Interesting, I have been asking myself the same question yesterday evening, comparing Synology products with DIY solutions.

I'm very tempted to build my own home server, a bit like this one https://butterwhat.com/2019/05/23/show-me-your-diy-nas-Sam01...

The only thing I'm wondering is if such a case would be too loud for my living room.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by pkphilip »

captbaritone wrote: post #71
JoshGlazebrook wrote: post #54

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Man I had so many custom skins for Winamp. It really was a different time back then.

I (author of Webamp) worked with the internet archive to archive ~50k Winamp skins. The collection even features Webamp integration is you can try them out in the browser. https://archive.org/details/winampskins

Wow!! Dear sir, you are quite the superhero! Winamp is one of my favourite applications!

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by giantrobot »

captbaritone wrote: post #71
JoshGlazebrook wrote: post #54

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Man I had so many custom skins for Winamp. It really was a different time back then.

I (author of Webamp) worked with the internet archive to archive ~50k Winamp skins. The collection even features Webamp integration is you can try them out in the browser. https://archive.org/details/winampskins

You are the Hero we need but not the one we deserve.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by LordGrey »

lioeters wrote: post #159
aldanor wrote: post #149

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Disagreed, at least on Mac, while there are (free) apps like Fork.

Fork is wonderful, a well-designed and performant Git GUI, native on each platform (Windows and macOS). https://fork.dev/ I bought a license a while back, since I use it every day. That said, I believe they're moving towards a "trial" model, rather than "free" as in beer. I do wish it was open sourced, but also wish them the best in making it a profitable venture. It's great software, it deserves good funding so the…

Do you happen to know how Fork compares with Tower (https://www.git-tower.com)? I've been a Tower user for quite some time and like it, but I'm always interested in better options.
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