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DeltaTangoLima

@ DeltaTangoLima @reddrefuge.com

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Just an Aussie tech guy - home automation, ESP gadgets, networking. Also love my camping and 4WDing.

Be a good motherfucker. Peace.

  • 10 Commandmends for a digital age

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  • 10 (11?). You shall put critical thinking before assumption; empathy before judgment.

    1. s/food/[food/coffee/beer]/

  • My daughter lost her social studies essay because LibreOffice doesn't have autosave on automatically.

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  • Jesus, mate! Calm down. Poor OP already feels like crap for losing their daughter's essay, and you level some heinous shit at both of them. Plus, they were passing on a PSA for other users of LibreOffice, in case they get caught out by the same thing.

    Don't be that person.

  • virtualizing PFSense. What else works besides ESXi for virtual networking?

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  • Tossing in my vote for Proxmox. I'm running OPNsense as a VM without any issues. I did originally try pfSense, but didn't like it for some reason (I genuinely can't recall what it was).

    Either way, Proxmox virtual networking has been relatively easy to learn.

  • Broadcom yanks ESXi Free version, effective immediately

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  • OK, I can definitely see how your professional experiences as described would lead to this amount of distrust. I work in data centres myself, so I have plenty of war stories of my own about some of the crap we've been forced to work with.

    But, for my self-hosted needs, Proxmox has been an absolute boon for me (I moved to it from a pure RasPi/Docker setup about a year ago).

    I'm interested in having a play with LXD/Incus, but that'll mean either finding a spare server to try it on, or unpicking a Proxmox node to do it. The former requires investment, and the latter is pretty much a one-way decision (at least, not an easy one to rollback from).

    Something I need to ponder...

  • Broadcom yanks ESXi Free version, effective immediately

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  • I'm intrigued, as your recent comment history keeps taking aim at Proxmox. What did you find questionable about them? My servers boot just fine, and I haven't had any failures.

    I'm not uninterested in genuinely better alternatives, but I don't have a compelling reason to go to the level of effort required to replace Proxmox.

  • Broadcom yanks ESXi Free version, effective immediately

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  • No headaches here - running a two node cluster with about 40 LXCs, many of them using Docker, and an OPNsense VM. It's been flawless for me.

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  • Might be time to look into Proxmox. There's a fun weekend project for you!

  • Fossify Music Player 1.0.0 released

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  • Not necessarily, and I tend to find VLC is still the better media player.

    I was sharing more for the interest of those that were using the original Simple Mobile variant, and were waiting for the forked version to be released.

  • Fossify Music Player 1.0.0 released

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  • Yeah - it's pretty capable, actually. Regexes and stuff, to make sure you get the exact APK you want.

  • Fossify Music Player 1.0.0 released

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  • I use Obtainium to install directly from the repo.

  • So SBCs are shit now? Anything I can do with my collection of Pis and old routers?

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  • It's about fitness for purpose, IMO.

    I recently migrated most of my homelab to Proxmox running on a pair of x86 boxes. I did it because I was cutting the streaming cord, and wanted to build a beefy Plex capability for myself. I also wanted to virtualise my router/firewall with OPNsense.

    Once I mastered Proxmox, and truly came to appreciate both the clean separation of services and the rapid prototyping capability it gave me, I migrated a lot of my homelab over.

    But, I still use RasPis for a few purposes: Frigate server, second Pi-hole instance, backup Wireguard server. I even have one dedicated to hosting temperature sensors, reed switches, and webcams for our pet lizard's enclosure.

    Each has their place for me.

  • Scammers placing keywords related to a different app, hoping users get confused

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  • I switched to using using Obtainium to install directty from dev repos as much as possible, and am adding Fossify's projects as they release. IMO, It's the best way to ensure you get the app you want, without letting middle-men push their agenda or mine your data.

  • Scammers placing keywords related to a different app, hoping users get confused

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  • OP searched for Fossify - the Simple fork. That's the point here - the new owner of Simple has added the keyword 'fossify' so they turn up in the search results, which no doubt prioritises apps with higher install counts.

  • Scammers placing keywords related to a different app, hoping users get confused

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  • OP is searching for Fossify - the forked set of Simple's projects. That's the point of the post, I think.

  • Memos - Easily capture and share your great thoughts. Open Source and Free forever

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  • Ah, nice one. Still, a bit annoying that it's opt out, rather than opt in.

  • How do you organize your HA devices

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  • This is why all my automations are in Node-Red. Reusability.

  • Memos - Easily capture and share your great thoughts. Open Source and Free forever

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  • Saved me the effort, thanks. Although, couldn't you just block the container from talking outside your network? I can't see why I'd need a memo app (server) to have access to the internet.

  • So we're just making Google Assistant even more useless now?

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  • Yeah, Google Wallet and my banking app. Secondarily, access to my work emails and Slack. I'm on the move so much during the day, my laptop rarely leaves my backpack sometimes.

  • Haier, the air conditioner maker, takes down open source third-party Home Assistant integration

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  • Yep, good point. That's still a bit of a dick move, but a completely legitimate one too. If you don't like people like us having a play and developing our own capabilities against the service, you can re-assert your ownership and lock it down.

    Siccing lawyers onto a dev who is helping your customers use your product in new and improved ways is just plain fucking stupid.