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  • Alternative to syncthing for large music collection?

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  • The main difference is probably that I have a desktop PC rather than a laptop (plus, a few old hard disks lying around).

    I think I'll keep the local replica even when I'm finished reorganizing the library: the local copy doubles as a backup and I must say I am enjoying the faster access times.

  • Alternative to syncthing for large music collection?

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  • I also read that drives should not be spun down and up too often, but I think it only matters if you do that hundreds of times a day?

    Anyway, the reason I spin down my drives is to save electricity, and... more for the principle than for the electric bill (it's only 2 drives).

  • Alternative to syncthing for large music collection?

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  • Never heard of it.... OMG that must be the worst name for a backup solution! :D

    It reeks of abandoned software (last release is 0.50 from 2018), but there is recent activity in git, so... IDK

  • Alternative to syncthing for large music collection?

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  • Yes, Syncthing does watch for file changes... that's why I am so puzzled that it also does full rescans :)

    Maybe they do that to catch changes that may have been made while syncthing was not running... it may make sense on mobies, where the OS like to kill processes willy-nilly, but IMHO not on a "real" computer

  • What is the cheapest way to host my own server?

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  • OP, I forgot to say! There are specific communities dedicated to self hosting and/or home labbing (eg. !selfhosted@lemmy.world), you may want to participate there

  • What is the cheapest way to host my own server?

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  • Yes, and computers people have laying around are most probably not outdated enterprise servers that draw 120w at idle :)(if anything, that's something a newbie self hoster may buy since they are cheap and look cool)

  • What is the cheapest way to host my own server?

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  • Cheapest? Use someone else's hrdware (or "borrow" it) and set it up at work/school/friend's house/cafe. Free hardware, free connectivity, free electricity.

    More seriously, set everithing up on whatever spare old computer you have at hand (or use a vm running on you pc). You should not start with buying hardware.

  • ssh won't ask for password unless i force PubkeyAuthentication=no

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  • The ones I added recently are all git-related (one key for signing and I started using different keys for codeberg, gitlab and github)

  • ssh won't ask for password unless i force PubkeyAuthentication=no

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  • I did add a bunch of new keys to my ssh agent... this might really be it!

  • ssh won't ask for password unless i force PubkeyAuthentication=no

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  • Now that's a neat idea! (not sure I'll ever implement it though: having passwords on my ssh keys is already enough of a hassle, plus having provisioning and scripts ask for password is a PITA)

    Anyway, I was just trying to authenticate with a password, like we used to back in the day :)(it's only for install isos or freshly installed systems that I've not provisioned yet - everything else requires a key).

  • ssh won't ask for password unless i force PubkeyAuthentication=no

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  • How would that improve security when all a bad actor has to do is add -o PubkeyAuthentication=no on their side?

    Also, I'm pretty sure it used to just ask for a password?

  • Printing on Linux

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  • It used to back in the day, especially if you tried using shitty windows usb inkjets.

    Nowadays basically all printers are network printers (they are, aren't they?) plus we have cups which is the same thing macos uses (so manufacturers actually care).

  • My experience with microsoft's ads for linux.

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  • Agreed. I don't come here to read about windows.

    Also, "microsoft's ads for linux" in the title is a fraud clickbait.

  • is there any way to increase the size of my /var directory under debian 12.7? (flatpak related)

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  • (I assume you meant "I created a separated /var partition")

    You can move/resize partitions from basically any live usb (via cli or gparted for gnome and kde partition manager for kde).

    Shall you want to, you can also merge the var partition with (say) your root partition:

    1. mount both partitions in two directories (just create empty ones and mount on them, say ~/root and ~/var)
    2. inside ~/root create the new var/ directory
    3. copy the data over
    4. edit ~/root/etc/fstab (remove the line for the old var partition)
    5. use whatever partitioning tool to get rid of the actual partition and expand the previous/next one

    Be aware that you can very easily lose your data ;)

    PS: just in case, try running flatpak uninstall --unused

  • Cron Jobs on Linux - Comprehensive Guide with Examples

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  • You can use OnFailure in your .service file if you want some thing to happen when that specific service fails, but I don't know if there's a blanket way to tell systemd to notify via email when any failure happens (I wouldn't mind a desktop notification... will investigate)

  • Cron Jobs on Linux - Comprehensive Guide with Examples

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  • I'd recommend learning/using systemd timers instead (well, if you are on inux and your distro uses systems)

  • Unauthenticated RCE vs all GNU/Linux systems to be fully disclosed in 2 weeks with no working fix yet

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  • I guess I'll worry about this in 2 weeks then

  • I'm thinking of building a PC - any advice?

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  • ebay, ebay, ebay (and also pcpartpicker).

    Unless you want to frag people at 4k@140Hz in the latest AAA game, you probably don't need the latest generation components (and I'd say your requirement are quite low here, consider how the only thing you complain about is storage space).

    Unless you really want to assemble everything by yourself, consider buying one of the second-hand, previous-gen gaming rigs on ebay (but watch out for scams!). Even if you do want to assemble the PC yourself, consider buying used parts on ebay (or buying a full PC to cannibalize reselling the excess).

    What are the specs of your current rig? Except for storage, are you satisfied with how it runs? How much storage do you need for the projects you are working on? How much to archive things? Do you want to do anything about backups? Is a full size tower ok? How good a video do you want? What is your budget?

  • Is the Gecko engine the only reason Mozilla still exists?

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  • Well... I'd rather say It's the only reason why we still care about Mozilla and put up with their crap :)