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Re: What I Self Host

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Post by conor- »

zahlman wrote: post #134
conor- wrote: post #83

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> what happened to just having a single device and having it run the code directly and show you the result directly? Having access to multiple computers/devices as a single user became cheap and more common. If it was still the 2000s (or maybe early 2010s) and somebody only used a single PC for most of their tasks that'd make sense, but that's just not the reality most people live anymore

As far as I can tell, the price range for consumer PCs hasn't really moved since then. If anything it's worse now for people who expect to have a good quality graphics card. Owning a smartphone outright isn't cheap, either.

You can buy a mini pc for >$200 USD that is capable of running most desktop tasks and can also handle server tasks. Good quality integrated graphics APUs are also plentiful and fairly easy to come by these days.

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Post by debian3 »

npodbielski wrote: post #117
tallanvor wrote: post #109

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Sure, I could get a server at home, but then I have to figure out how to make it quiet enough that I don't notice it while keeping it from overheating - something that's hard enough to do with the equipment I already have. And then I have to worry about what happens if somebody decides to have fun trying to DDOS something on my home connection. Again, easier to rent a dedicated server so I don't have to worry about i…

I guess it depends on your country climate, here, where I live in the basement I have steady 22-23 degrees C, so not a problem really. Also I do not have even GPU there which is the most problematic part usually. About DDOS, you should not your server directly connected to the internet. Use some router or managed switch first. Usually it have already some kind of protection on whatever device is connected to your int…

When I read that someone disable password login (rightfully so), then they take additional steps to stop some bots to randomly brute force them with a password…

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by bjoli »

bjoli wrote: post #100
npodbielski wrote: post #60

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Others already answered with information that you usually have more devices then just 1. So you can have access to your data from PC, laptop and your phone. I for once also like to have my own data my own. I.e. I have: - my own email server - my own files sharing service - service for cardDav, CalDav etc. - service for editing my own office files on mobile - notes that are synchronized - streaming of movies and music…

I tried various Things to be able to access my own DNA while not at home and ended up using wire guard for my subnet so that I always have access to my DNA server. Right now I am solving it with mikrotiks "back to home" app., but the regular wire guard app does it as well. It uses very little battery.

So, I am a victim of autocorrect. I mean DNS.

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by bjoli »

npodbielski wrote: post #119
bjoli wrote: post #100

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I tried various Things to be able to access my own DNA while not at home and ended up using wire guard for my subnet so that I always have access to my DNA server. Right now I am solving it with mikrotiks "back to home" app., but the regular wire guard app does it as well. It uses very little battery.

You mean DLNA? Like media server? The ones I am/was using are quite wide spread. The most popular is plex I think, but I never liked that you have to register someplace else to be access your local library, crazy notion for me. Anyway the nginx reverse proxy is enough for those. You can login and listen to your own music or watch your movies anywhere. Checkout for example here: https://github.com/linuxserver/reverse-…

Sorry. It was an autocorrect mishap. I meant DNS.

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Post by crossroadsguy »

majora2007 wrote: post #135
crossroadsguy wrote: post #101

Something pikapods looked neat at first then soon I realised the costs add up and add up a lot. One day I was calculating it at pikapods at I realised I had crossed 27 USD/m and I wasn't even finished. Like those streaming services - everything on a new streaming service i.e a new pod and they cost separately. I wish there was a service which would take away the pain of installation and maintenance away from me but l…

I will say, Pikapods is really nice because they give a cut back to the developers of Open Source. I'm the maintainer of Kavita, a popular self-hosted reading server and pikapods gives me something like 10-15% cut of each user running Kavita.

My comment was not on integrity of pikapods or their functioning. Rather how even such a setup results in costs adding up and that could be a net negative to self hosting.

PS. Your app's name kavita - does it mean poem/poetry or it means something else?

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by lucyjojo »

zahlman wrote: post #76
joekrill wrote: post #7

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Most people have many devices: phones, tablets, laptops, etc... so this makes that stuff accessible from anywhere. And if you lose your device, or it dies, you don't lose all your data. On that note: self-hosting allows you to centralize your backups.

I do have backup storage, of course. It's hard for me to imagine wanting to use a phone for anything other than making calls or sending SMS; that's what I've been doing for many years now and I see no reason to change. But if I did have a tablet or laptop, I could just sync the program to it and run it locally. Maybe using, for example, good old rsync. And I can't imagine being away from "home base" on a laptop for l…

well then you have a very niche use of your computing devices.

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by ekjhgkejhgk »

thiht wrote: post #136
ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #53

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I think people don't know what they want, but they like fiddling with computers. So, they imagine future scenarios where they would have problems (which they don't) and imagine solutions for those problems they don't have, and spend time implementing those solutions. For example. Whenever RSS comes up, I say that newsboat is the best thing. People don't like it because it doesn't synchronize devices. Really? Why not…

> Why not have a device for reading, and read there? I'm curious to know why you think this way of doing is "correct"? I like reading my RSS feeds on my phone. And on my laptop. And on my tablet, sometimes.

I didn't use the word "correct", you did.

In any case, if you're reading on your phone it's most likely because you're addicted to your phone and open the app impulsively. Consider that.

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Post by izacus »

ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #147
thiht wrote: post #136

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> Why not have a device for reading, and read there? I'm curious to know why you think this way of doing is "correct"? I like reading my RSS feeds on my phone. And on my laptop. And on my tablet, sometimes.

I didn't use the word "correct", you did. In any case, if you're reading on your phone it's most likely because you're addicted to your phone and open the app impulsively. Consider that.

Please don't play weasel word games, you know exactly what the poster meant. Your showing an awful mindset where you scold people who don't share your preferences and world view. Stop it.

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by thiht »

ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #147
thiht wrote: post #136

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> Why not have a device for reading, and read there? I'm curious to know why you think this way of doing is "correct"? I like reading my RSS feeds on my phone. And on my laptop. And on my tablet, sometimes.

I didn't use the word "correct", you did. In any case, if you're reading on your phone it's most likely because you're addicted to your phone and open the app impulsively. Consider that.

> I didn't use the word "correct", you did.

You do know we can infer unwritten things from context, right?

> I say that newsboat is the best thing

> Why not have a device for reading, and read there?

These sound like you believe your way of doing is the correct one and people reading on multiple devices are wrong. You don't have to say it for readers to understand it this way.

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