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cmmdmx<p>This whole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> rabbithole is awesome. <br>I now have my entire life of photography (500GB of photos) in my homeserver cloud. Uploading 2GB of new photos takes seconds. Browsing them in my browser - instant. Damn, never thought it coud be that great and better than an online cloud. Even the people recognition works perfectly fine offline!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Aria<p>Finally got my NAS setup</p><p>Just cloning my google drive to finally abandon it!</p><p>6tb raid 1 (12tb raw)<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HomeServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeServer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataStorage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RAID1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAID1</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BackupSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackupSolution</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechSetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechSetup</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CloudBackup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudBackup</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GoogleDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleDrive</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StorageTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StorageTech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLife</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechDIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechDIY</span></a></p>
🇪🇺 EUropean 🇪🇺 🇺🇦<p>Hello Fedizens,</p><p>One way to fulfill <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=unplugtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unplugtrump</span></a> is to setup own timeserver in the local network.</p><p>Some people had questions, when you have VPN to your local network which has no public websites and platforms.</p><p>Is it necessary to enable SSL on local network?</p><p>If yes, are there tutorials to enable SSL with IP addresses or servernames? We aware that administration requires experts and skills on a special grade of complexity, but this is something beginners could handle.</p><p>Some Apps like smart homes, local clouds, Multi apps like ferdium deny self signed certificates.</p><p><a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=fedipower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedipower</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a></p>
Lady Errant<p>Switchover to my RK3588 server from my venerable RK3399 complete. Went from ~2GB of free ram to 14GB, and from emmc to an nvme ssd. All for a little less power too. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a></p>
Snow PXLFNUn amico: "Ma che ci fai con un monitor per citofoni?"<br> <br> Io: "Tranquillo, se non ti serve dammelo, lo uso per monitorare il mio <a href="https://pxlfd.searxng.noho.st/discover/tags/HomeServer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeServer</a>."🙏
vrtxd<p>Sitting in public transit yesterday, I dug out my <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/FoldableKeyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoldableKeyboard</span></a> to my lap, paired it with my <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a>, opened a terminal command line app <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Termux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Termux</span></a>, connected to my <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/HomeServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeServer</span></a> and updated its software remotely on the go. All <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/SecondHand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondHand</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Reused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reused</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Refurbished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Refurbished</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electronics</span></a>.</p><p>No real need for the <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Portable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portable</span></a> keyboard nor remote access here, just felt like trying it out for fun, and for a brief moment, it felt like I was leading a <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solarpunk</span></a> lifestyle.</p>
Ethan Sholly<p>Self-Host Weekly (18 July 2025)</p><p>Commentary on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vibecoding</span></a>, software launches and updates, a spotlight on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Subtrackr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Subtrackr</span></a>, and more in this week's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsletter</span></a> recap!</p><p><a href="https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-18/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-18/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subscriptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscriptions</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a></p>
chribonn<p>The Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring and Operating Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server (14/14)</p><p>📺 Final Configurations through the Plex web app. (Beginner-Friendly!)</p><p>We complete the setup by configuring the Plex web app, adding media libraries and adjusting advanced settings like remote access, transcoding, and performance optimizations. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/XLMJmpZ7QXs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/XLMJmpZ7QXs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/PlexMediaServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlexMediaServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/UbuntuServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HomeServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PlexSetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlexSetup</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMS</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TTMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTMO</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Beginner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beginner</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a></p>
Ethan Sholly<p>Self-Host Weekly (11 July 2025)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartHome</span></a> news, software updates and launches, a spotlight on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Kan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kan</span></a> -- a self-hosted <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kanban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kanban</span></a> app, and more in this week's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsletter</span></a> recap!</p><p><a href="https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-11/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bitwarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitwarden</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwords</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/projectmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>projectmanagement</span></a></p>
chribonn<p>The Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring and Operating Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server (13/14)</p><p>📺 To stream media, you need to transfer it to your PMS (Beginner-Friendly!) </p><p>This segment explains how to add media content to your Plex Media Server so you can start streaming. It covers how to transfer files from a Windows/Linux machine to you PMS.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/iSovPnbwLZc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/iSovPnbwLZc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/PlexMediaServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlexMediaServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/UbuntuServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HomeServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PlexSetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlexSetup</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMS</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TTMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTMO</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Beginner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beginner</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/scp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scp</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/pscp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pscp</span></a></p>
chribonn<p>The Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring and Operating Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server (12/14)</p><p>📺 The Scheduler can be used to automate any task. (Beginner-Friendly!) </p><p>This video shows you how to use a crontab generator to set a schedule for the task you want to execute and then copy the output and paste it into Ubuntu's cron table. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/3NV--V6Fa4s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/3NV--V6Fa4s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/PlexMediaServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlexMediaServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/UbuntuServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HomeServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeServer</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PlexSetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlexSetup</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMS</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TTMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTMO</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Beginner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beginner</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Cron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cron</span></a></p>

The Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring and Operating Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server (11/14)

📺 Create a RAM disk for fast, temporary processing (Beginner-Friendly!)

Optimise PMS by configuring a RAM disk for handling temporary files and avoiding wear on the physical storage. Plex relies on the underlying Ubuntu.

youtu.be/963F5HOIVaE

The Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring and Operating Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server (9/14)

📺 Defining and Configuring where you will store your media (Beginner-Friendly!)

We build the foundation for a well-organized Plex library. You’ll learn how to create a structured solution that makes it easier for Plex to scan and categorise your media.

youtu.be/XHCi1xso-Zw

The Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring and Operating Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server (6/14)

📺 Benefit from Ubuntu's subscription service (Beginner-Friendly!)

This section covers Ubuntu Pro, a subscription service that offers added features for Ubuntu users. We explain how to activate the service for free

youtu.be/gqTukHrlWJs