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Mauricio Teixeira 🇺🇸🇧🇷<p>What do you do folks with old/small SD cards?</p><p>I found out I've been accumulating a bunch of 2/4/8 GB cards, which are not really much useful these days. Trying to figure out if they're still useful, or if I should just trash them.</p><p>(Note: I do have a bunch of USB flash drives as well, so using adapters to make use of them as such doesn't help).</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/homeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeLab</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a></p>
Alex Kretzschmar<p>made some big changes over the last month to <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/homeinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeinfra</span></a> and now I'm mere hours away from having the fruits of all this hardware shuffling come to life.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a></p>
Abnormal Human Being<p>So, I am stuck trying to apply the current <a href="https://toots.abnormalbeings.space/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> update. Note that there may be many good reasons why, chief among them, that I am self-taught and very much in the "trying stuff out half-blindly while learning"-stage. Thankfully, nothing broke irreversably just yet.</p><p>If anyone here feels like helping a noob out, or just loves a conundrum, details can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/805157" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/pos</span><span class="invisible">t/805157</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toots.abnormalbeings.space/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://toots.abnormalbeings.space/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techsupport</span></a> <a href="https://toots.abnormalbeings.space/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> <a href="https://toots.abnormalbeings.space/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>help</span></a> <a href="https://toots.abnormalbeings.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://toots.abnormalbeings.space/tags/Selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfhosting</span></a></p>
Daniel Colquitt<p>I was initially rather hesitant at the prospect of <a href="https://colquitt.xyz/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> my email, but I’m massively impressed by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stalwartlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stalwartlabs</span></a></span>, which has made the whole process straightforward.</p><p>I’ve just enabled encryption at rest, which uses my PGP/SMIME public key to encrypt all my messages upon receipt. With my private key installed on my clients, the whole thing is seamless.</p><p>If you’re looking for a modern and powerful JMAP/IMAP/SMTP server that’s easy to deploy, I can’t recommend <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stalwartlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stalwartlabs</span></a></span> enough.</p>
FediHost<p><a href="https://fedihost.co" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedihost.co</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> instances have been updated to v4.3.7</p><p>Learn more about this release here:<br><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/tag/v4.3.7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GetFederated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetFederated</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FediHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHost</span></a></p>
SecretAntelope 🌈☕<p>Random power outages are the worst parts of <a href="https://covertcreatures.xyz/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> ... Doubly so since my database and redis is on another server.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/selfhosting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>selfhosting</span></a></span> <a href="https://covertcreatures.xyz/tags/mastoadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoadmin</span></a></p>
101LAB<p>Was kann eine Cloud-Genossenschaft, was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> oder <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfhosting</span></a> nicht kann? Nutzt die Chance, jetzt als Organisation Gründungsmitglied zu werden! <a href="https://geno.101cloud.eu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geno.101cloud.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genossenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genossenschaft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unplugtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugtrump</span></a></p>
Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂<p>🏕️ my adventures in <a href="https://aseachange.com/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> - day 107 (sleepwalking edition) 😴​</p><p>Hello Fedi friends!</p><p>I'm lucky I didn't have to do any coding today... my little one woke me up at 4:50am, so even if it's only 3:30pm I've been wide awake for 11 hours now. Running commands in terminal would have been... risky I think 😅​</p><p>It feels really strange to be past a HUGE self-hosting hurdle. Now my self-hosted Ghost blog is fine... up and running wonderfully, with perfectly working TXT and DMARC records (knock on wood).</p><p>What will my next big challenge be? I'm thinking self-hosting PeerTube... but I will enjoy this peace and sense of accomplishment for a little while longer before taking that on.</p><p>Thanks for all your help and encouragement throughout my self-hosting adventures ❤️​</p><p><a href="https://aseachange.com/tags/mysocalledsudolife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MySoCalledSudoLife</span></a></p>
Lynze<p>Si buscas una alternativa a una aplicación privativa, Open Source Alternatives te las puede dar: <a href="https://opensourcealternative.to" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">opensourcealternative.to</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mole.lynze.net/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mole.lynze.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a></p>
Nicolas Fränkel 🇺🇦🇬🇪<p><a href="https://mastodon.top/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> Like Its 2025</p><p><a href="https://kiranet.org/posts/self-hosting-like-its-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kiranet.org/posts/self-hosting</span><span class="invisible">-like-its-2025/</span></a></p>
Michael Nordmeyer<p>If you need a break from the computer, why don’t you do like I did and test old mobile devices with outdated TLS implementations without ALPN to access your server repeatedly to trigger your bot protection, which then blocks your home IP for an hour.</p><p>Of course, I could cheat and get a new IP by dis- and reconnecting to my DSL provider. Or go shopping for groceries while enjoying the sun.</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/SNAFU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNAFU</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Layer8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Layer8</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bot</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/BotProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BotProtection</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a></p>
shom ✊🏽🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚<p>Last year I started a webring like it was 1999 with the System Crafters community. And for its first anniversary I wrote a blog post about <a href="https://shom.dev/posts/20250401_how-i-accidentally-got-better-at-self-hosting-and-foss-contributing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How I accidentally got better at self-hosting and FOSS contributing</a>.</p><blockquote><p>Sometimes you don’t have to wait for someone else, you can be a catalyst. Happy Birthday Craftering!</p></blockquote><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@daviwil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>daviwil</span></a></span> for fostering a great community and to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hol.ogra.ph/@kern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kern</span></a></span> for building Ringfairy and being so encouraging.</p><p><a href="https://gts.shom.dev/tags/systemcrafters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemCrafters</span></a> <a href="https://gts.shom.dev/tags/webring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webring</span></a> <a href="https://gts.shom.dev/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href="https://gts.shom.dev/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://gts.shom.dev/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
selfhosting.couchsurfing<p>I think doing a mindful assessment of Thunderbird and whatever uhh other first-line desktop calendar apps for Linux that I can find with <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/CalDAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalDAV</span></a> and task support vis-a-vis how they interact with tasks created by Tasks.org (Android) ...... is on the agenda for this coming week. I need to get this done. I need a phone-plus-desktop solution for calendar CRUD that works with my tasks app and calendar app on Android sufficiently gracefully that I can tolerate it.</p><p>I have been looking for a drop-in replacement for Google's Android implementation of reminders for like 6 years. I started de-Googling that long ago (wow) and one of the first things I pulled off Google was my calendar and contacts. anyway a lot has changed in 6 years so maybe I'll find something.</p><p>preliminary indications: Thunderbird is not giving good vibes, I added a task on my phone and it popped up a window so I could dismiss like 4 weeks worth of upcoming reminders 😬 <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/PIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a></p>
JKN Tech<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chow.fan/@mookie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mookie</span></a></span> Time to self-host media and services on your network! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🔥 Wow, yet another "open source" project where you can spend countless hours breaking your server! 🙄 Because everyone knows, self-hosting is the best way to guarantee a never-ending stream of bugs and headaches. 🚀 Thanks, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a>, for yet another opportunity to feel like a coding wizard while actually just pretending! 🤓<br><a href="https://github.com/juanfont/headscale" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/juanfont/headscale</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/codingWizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codingWizard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serverIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serverIssues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Matthias Klein 🇩🇪|🇪🇺<p>"Just updated my dashboard with all my self-hosted services and did a bit of cleanup! 💻✨</p><p><a href="https://social.klein.ruhr/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://social.klein.ruhr/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a>"</p>
Xhuul :ablobglitch:<p>Hey guys, any advice about reverse proxy? I'm a beginner.<br><a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/yunohost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yunohost</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a></p>
Danie van der Merwe<p>Huginn is a free, open-source IFTTT alternative that’s much more powerful</p><p>“Automation tools like IFTTT (If This Then That) have revolutionized how we connect apps, devices, and services to create workflows. However, while IFTTT is user-friendly and widely accessible, it lacks the depth, flexibility, and control some advan ...continues</p><p>See <a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/huginn-is-a-free-open-source-ifttt-alternative-thats-much-more-powerful/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gadgeteer.co.za/huginn-is-a-fr</span><span class="invisible">ee-open-source-ifttt-alternative-thats-much-more-powerful/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternativeto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternativeto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IFTTT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFTTT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Nathan<p>So, I very much enjoyed experimenting with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gotosocial</span></a></span> ; markdown support in particular was a *huge* upgrade from Mastodon. Unfortunately, I stopped the experiment as it filled up my hard drive with 17GB of stuff, and although I'm sure this is my fault, I figured I probably shouldn't run it on a machine that also hosts services that I and others rely on. Also, like any small fedi server, discoverability was a big problem. I'm going to miss it. <a href="https://lounge.town/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://lounge.town/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://lounge.town/tags/goToSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goToSocial</span></a> <a href="https://lounge.town/tags/selfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfHosting</span></a></p>
Danie<p><strong>Huginn is a free, open-source IFTTT alternative that’s much more powerful</strong></p> <p><a href="https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-197b29cd-62bb49eed1065355" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">squeet.me/display/962c3e10-197</span><span class="invisible">b29cd-62bb49eed1065355</span></a></p>