shertson

joined 1 year ago
[–] shertson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For me:

  • Card/CalDAV baikal : so that I can sync my calendar and address book across phone, tablet, workstation, and laptop
  • Messaging prosody/synapse : private chatting with family.
  • File sync Nextcloud : for access to various files. This is the only one that has worked consistently for me. Syncthing et al would constantly lose connection and the file I needed wouldn't be there. Works fantastic for syncing Joplin notes.
  • VPN wireguard : to access things remotely and securely
  • Audiobooks audiobooksheld : I have a ridiculously large audio book library and enjoy listening to them when driving. This way I don't have to preload my phone.
  • Ebooks calibreweb : another large library. I have separate instances for different types: Magazines, regular books, RPG/gamebooks.
  • Version control forgejo : for coding and creative writing projects.
  • bookmarks shaarli : I find myself using this less and less. I use Firefox's built-in sync, so I'm thinking about switching to separating selfhosting that instead of shaarli.
  • Photos Synology : looking forward to immich getting stable. Once they get past regular breathing changes I'll move over to that.

I have stopped using most of the services that got me into selfhosting. Things like rss and wikis. I try new things from time to time but kill them if I don't find myself using them regularly or if the maintenance cost is more than the value add.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

You should also be able to disable the repo from within the Software store app

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you have another USB drive, I think you should be able to load the wifi drivers from that when using the netinstall. I am pretty sure I remember doing that 15 years ago.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Gnome because it is the default in my district, works right out of the box and I'm too old to fart around with customizing things anymore.

I just want to get to work.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I really should do another review. I've had my Framework for about the same time. Most of the time it is hooked up to my dock and a 4 port KVM. My biggest annoyance is that switching back to my Framework on the KVM it often doesn't wake up or properly display. My work computers running Windows rarely have that issue and my Linux desktop never does. (I run Linux on the Framework.) I suspect that there is a setting I need to adjust for diving to keep it from going into hibernation, but I haven't put that much effort into it yet.

When not docked, my biggest issue is the touchpad. I think some form of dirt got into it and the clicking doesn't always register. But I'm too lazy to fix.

And if I watch videos it gets pretty hot. Again, there are probably things I could do to fix that.

So, really the laptop is great, I'm just a shitty owner/user.

My hinges are not the floppy ones.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure about libre office, but Excel has lookup and lookup. I've not personally used those. But might be of help.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have the same issue. I want something simple but has encryption, native mobile apps for both Android and iOS, and threading. Facebook style posts with comments would be great.

For now we're using matrix and element bc I can find anything better. Unless something more compelling comes along we'll probably migrate to something xmpp based like snikket.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Has anyone tried selfhosting ente photos? Curious how well it works.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I have a 4 port KVM. One for my work issued Surface laptop, one for my mini-pc, one for my Framework 13, and one for any computer that I'm troubleshooting. I'm thinking about moving to my Framework fully and changing the mini-pc into another node for self-hosting setup.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I am one of those gifted folks that enjoy astigmatism. I have tried dark mode and dark themes many times over the years and it just doesn't work for me. The screenshots are gorgeous tho!

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just wanted to share a follow up.

The dock works great under most circumstances. The issue that i have, which was listed by others in reviews for many different docks, is when connected through my KVM. It takes forever to sync up and drive my display. By forever, I mean 30+ seconds most of the time, and occasionally I have to disconnect the cable, open the laptop lid and then reconnect the cable.

[–] shertson@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Sorry, I thought I replied.

Thank you for the correction.

 

I'm looking for a docking station for my frame.work laptop running Linux. The big ask is I want to be able to hook up to my big monitor with a 3840x2160 resolution (I think it is 8K?).

Has anyone found one that works with that combination of factors?

I've read a bunch of posts on the frame.work forums and looked at a bunch of docks on Amazon, but haven't found one that gives me confidence it'll work.

 

If you recently placed an order, check your email.

Good on them for coming clean so quick.

 

I am looking for self hosted blog/journal that is private by default. Not looking to host a public blog, rather something that I can write more personal entries on and is easy to read later. I want to be able to include multimedia in the entries.

Currently I'm thinking of a Mastodon server with posts set to private by default and turning off federation. It would be awesome to be able to post from my phone as events happen rather than having to find time later.

I've tried around with using IMAP and an email client, but not sold on it. Tried using a calendar, but too cludgy.

Open to other ideas!

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