Snikket was easy to setup for my family.

I did this several years ago. It worked well for a few months, and then burnt out the phones. They’re not meant to run 24/7 and on a charger the whole time.

I first heard about it in about 1994 when a Unix guy I knew told me about a type of Unix that could run on regular computers. He loaned me a POSIX book, but I didn’t really hear anything until 98. I started getting fed up with all the problems with Windows 98, and I started installing it and breaking it on any machine I could get access too. I don’t know how many floppies I formatted with each disk image of RedHat and Debian. I broke the school network a few times with things like accidentally setting up a DHCP server. I sent a patch to the kernel. I Learned a whole lot those first years.

Check RBLs a lot of times services just use one of those, and they can be flaky. Usually, you can fill out a form and get reinstated.

https://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx

Sounds like you’re talking about AC: Odyssey 😄

It’s worked really well for me.

Check out MetalLB for a local Loadbalancer

Archive.org has a lot of storage.

I’m a fan of Composers. Current and past servers

• Bach
  • B.W.V. 565
  • B.W.V. 1067
  • B.W.V. 906
• Mozart
• Williams
• Goldsmith
• Zimmer
• Arnold
• Poledouris

New ones will be

• Giacchino
• Melumad

Services are just what they are.

• git
• Nextcloud
• APC
• etc

Dredge is great on the deck!

It’s to be the replacement for Xorg/X11.

• Daily Tech News Show
  • As it says on the label. Been listening to Tom Merritt for many years
• Self-Hosted
  • Like to hear about projects, even if I don’t use them
• Make Me Smart
  • Deep dives into tech and current events
• Empire
  • How empires rise and fall
• Tech Won’t Save Us
  • Tech people tend to view tech as a solution for everything

My 90yo neighbor has run Mint since before I met him 15 years ago

I’m a vi user that maps it to Esc

https://thebeaconnews.org/

Markdown files and Logseq https://logseq.com/ as the front end. I’ve been using Mardown for over 10 years, and it’s worked for me. Work uses JIRA, but I keep my own notes and copy in them in as necessary.

I also have a dd reading my NAS once a month. It catches bad sectors and forces issues into the open.

I just use dd. It can take days, but it’s worth it.

I’ve used these kinds of disks in my NAS at least since 2017 with no issues. Just test thoroughly before using. I usually do SMART short and long tests, and then a bit by bit write and read of the entire disk. I’ve caught a couple that failed right away. If it passes that, then it’s usually good for years.

BitTorrent