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Thank you! I haven’t heard of racknerd/low end box, I’ll have to check them out. Yeah I’m not worried about the CPU just the bandwidth haha.
I have 30 people on my Plex share and never had to care about bandwidth so I’m a bit worried for my end
How much bandwidth is used via the VPS in this instance? I’ve seen most VPS in the USA have a limit of 1TB of bandwidth.
How many users are you sharing with?
I know Hetzner does 20TB bandwidth, but that is only EU servers as far as I know.
A friend told me a command to input into the terminal so he can do remote management, something like:
sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root
rm is remote management, rf is remote friend I think, and no preserve root means give him root access I’m guessing
Cant wait to get started on Linux!
/s~this is a joke do not do this~
And another thing I have not heard yet. Dokploy looks really enticing just from a brief look at their site, I’ll definitely add it to my list of things to look into. Thank you!
How long have you been running this type of setup?
How is swarm support/integration with Dokploy? Are you able to initiate the swarm and also connect other docker nodes to that swarm all through the webgui or does Dokploy just see and attach to the swarm after its been setup? Are you able to manage it all through the gui? Swing/motion containers to other nodes, etc.
I’ll definitely need to deploy it in a test environment and see how it all works. Thank you again!
Glad to hear I’m not crazy with different distros haha. I wanted to be able to have different “enviroments” to keep familiar with release schedules, package managers, and just the flow of the distro. I’ve been using nothing but Debian/Ubuntu in my homelab for ~10 years now, at work we use RHEL, and for my desktops I’m on Arch. I’ll have to look into pinning.
I’ve never heard of Nomad(love the name) so I’ll definitely add it to my list of things to research. Looking at their site it looks solid, but want to weigh my options once I’ve loomed at everything.
And thanks for your comment! I’ve been doing this a long time and nothing “tickles” my brain more than something in my homelab breaking and I have to figure out how to fix it and then prevent it going forward.
Hmm, I’ll have to play around with it a bit more then to see if I can trigger it.
My only gripe is the browser autofill. Sometimes it triggers correctly and sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve noticed if I let KeePass add in a new login itself after I’ve manually entered it then it’s much more receptive to suggesting that login correctly going forward. So I’m tempted to create a brand new database and login everything manually so KeePass will create the database entries itself to fix my gripe.
I’ve been using KeePass with Syncthing for 5+ years now and I think I’ve only had a sync issue once in all this time.
Granted I do make sure I only use the database on one device at a time (so not making edits on desktop and my phone at the same time) and I’m using XC and DX clients not the OG KeePass program.
I’m curious what is causing sync issues to make it “common”, I use my db every day.
Yup, been doing this combo for 5-6 years now.
I use KeePassXC on desktop and KeePassDX on Android. No issues whatsoever.
I do have a NAS so that’s my “always on” device for Syncthing. Everything syncs up within like 10-15 seconds when a device connects.
I also use a key file as a pseudo 2FA that I keep on a flash drive, so you’d need my master password and my key file to unlock the database.
Jellyfin is great! Unfortunately I’m neck deep in Plex…been using it for 10+ years now…I have a Jellyfin instance spun up but sharing it out to others is a pain, but works well on my Tailscale.
YouTube
I have two kids and I won’t allow them to watch YouTube until they’re teens or if I watch the vids with them.
Between ElsaGate, disinformation, sexism, and just disgusting ads that play on there…and then there’s YouTube Shorts for brainrot…you can’t just blindly allow them access. Even the “kids” version of YouTube is fucking terrible.
I download Ms Rachel’s videos and play those from my Plex server for them if I need a break or have chores/dinner to do and need a hour to distract them. No ads or auto play videos or anything else.
For your teens, best you can do is make sure they use an ad blocker if possible and teach them how to vet info. I hear people at work say the stupidest “alpha male” sound bites and a simple Google search proves shit wrong 99% of the time, yet these idiots gobble it up.
Well yeah, it’s Costco.
You have a Costco membership for bulk savings.
You can save by buying bulk because you have the space/storage at home for it.
If you have the space for bulk, you probably also have the space for a big ass TV.
Makes zero sense for Costco to carry small TVs.
If you don’t have space at home, you can’t buy bulk, so there’s no point having a Costco membership.
Just a bad title. It’s “Ubuntu Certified”, as Canonical has added it to their certified program.
Framework, the company, has stated that Ubuntu and Fedora work well on their devices and that Fedora is(was?) recommended.
I got my Framework 13 in early 2026 and been running CachyOS on it since day one. Haven’t had any incompatibility issues at all.
The “Ubuntu Certified” label is supposed to help schools and businesses use it for purchasing power to say “oh these repairable laptops are also officially supported by Ubuntu” if they wanted to use Ubuntu in the workplace.
Idk who’s spending $200 on it. It’s $100 for the basic, but it goes on sale often. Same with Ancestry’s test. They always go on sale.
You can buy appliances without smart features still?
Best Buy has dozens, if not hundreds, of fridges without smart features. I can buy a 18cu top freezer fridge for $450 right now.
That same type of fridge back in the 1970s cost $300-$400. Adjusted for inflation that’s $2,000
So I don’t get this post. You can buy cheap fridges still and it’ll probably last a long time if you take care of it. Read repair reports or Google random problems for a fridge you’re looking to buy to see the most common failure points and see what the repair cost would be to factor in future costs.
Stupid post.
Using Mediawiki here.
I have obsidian and tried using it, but my personal workflow for my homelab just doesn’t…work with it? Idk, it’s just easier to throw it into a private wiki.
I still use obsidian but for personal life stuff.
This is what I was looking into recently. I just want to replace my shitty Spectrum router.
I was looking at Topton N150s on AliExpress, but $250+(tax/shipping) is terrible, with no RAM.
I saw people using the Lenovo m720q/m920q with a pcie 4 port, so I’m leaning towards that.
We’re about to get fiber in the next year or two, so I want to get something that can handle 1g up and down.
There’s a lot of options, none perfect, but none terrible.
Look man do whatever you want, it’s not my money, just trying to help
You signed a contract. So if you cancel your card and ignore their letters/emails/calls, they’ll keep charging you and then send it to collections, which will then garnish your wages unless you fight it in court.
There’s been numerous examples of this happening. Please get a copy of your contract and read how to cancel it and do it properly.
It’s stupid and extortion, but you gotta play the game.
And just looked them up, saw their $2 a month VPS has a 3TB bandwidth limit and I signed up immediately lol.
Thank you!