Grenfur

joined 1 year ago
[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Recently I've taken to self hosting. It started with me just wanting a raspberry pi for pi-hole and has developed into a full hobby. Because so many of these services are FOSS and can run on a toaster it's helped me immensely with avoiding commercial fatigue. I also find that the communities for the hobby are insightful and, because the solutions are free, they aren't selling you on a product. They're just passionate about the service, distro, or setup that they use.

I've also learned a ton of applicable skills for adult life, so happy side-effects.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

Halocene, she does a bunch of covers of old rock songs from around the early 2000s. It's like fresh nostalgia straight into my ears. Her original stuff is also pretty good :)

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 3 points 10 months ago

I think that it does as of gnome 43+. Oddly enough Pop_OS ships with gnome 42.5. Which seems to have been the issue.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

pavucontrol does seem to work well. Just need to choose an easier way to switch now. Thank you kindly.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

Ohh what a neat solution, thank you!

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

Hah, what a novel name, thank you.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 10 points 10 months ago

Honestly, the Reddit migration. I switched to Lemmy about 6 months ago. A few of the largest communities at that time were Self Hosting and Privacy related. Those naturally lead me to looking into Linux. From there I started minor self hosting on a Pi. Then, after a rather long walk through the Yongsan Electronics Market in Korea I built my own Homelab, and last week, I moved my primary desktop to Pop_OS. Honestly, It's been a blast. A few learning curves, but the ability to have near complete control over my setup, and the increased self reliance has been delightful.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 3 points 10 months ago

This is it for me. In particular as my hobbies shifted to self hosting, linux, and my own privacy, I find that lemmy is an incredible source of info and insight. But I'm not really here to meet or follow individuals as much as I am things that interest me.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Of course its innovative, imagine the room this clears up for more ads.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

Ohhh I may have to look into unraid then. Didn't realize there was a one time deal. Thanks for the tips.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

Makes sense! Thanks for saving me some time and money. I have gig internet as is so I know both my router and switch can handle it. Should be good with what I've got then for a while. Thank you kindly :))

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

I generally do prefer containers. But I'll be sure to stick to them as much as possible. Thanks for the tips!

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