Finally can’t take it anymore

Downloads a Password Manager

Password Manager: “Please create a unique master password to begin”

Thanks, I appreciate your experience.

Okay, that makes sense. Would that help to set up NextCloud or other services that require https?

It doesn’t really help with connecting my calendar to an external scheduling app that is not based on my device.

If I use Tailscale as described, how will a request connect to the tailnet? Is there anything you can link that explains how to do this?

Thanks for making this happen!

Tailscale is great. Don’t believe the bad press. You can always switch in the future if they change their trajectory.

I run all of that on a Dell Optiplex that I bought refurbished in your price range. I couldn’t figure out the self-signing certificates to run nextcloud without a domain, so I run OwnCloud, but hopefully you’ll have better luck.

By the same token, you could just read the Cliff’s Notes and burn down an acre of rainforest to achieve the same results.

Maybe not a novel, but probably an airport paperback.

I’m not sure you understood the point I was making. Multiple platforms exist on the fediverse. Interoperability is a nice plus but it’s not the core feature of the protocol.

Mastodon is strongest around microblogging because that’s what it’s built for. Lemmy is strongest for community discussions because that’s what it’s built for. There are options like mbin that do more to bridge the gap in different ways.

Success of a platform is mostly centered around doing a particular thing very well. There is nothing stopping someone from making multiple accounts across multiple platforms (or even the same platform).

I’d recommend trying to set up different accounts and see if you find one meets your criteria better.

There are different platforms that serve different uses. Using a common protocol enhances development and growth, and the flexibility of the protocol lets developers build on it without reinventing the wheel.

I tested a couple recently and chose Fossify Camera as the most usable. It’s pretty quick, takes decent pictures, and has a good interface.

Fossify is a group that has a number of very high quality apps that are generally as good or better than other open source alternatives.

This is great, thanks!

Like your grandma’s Facebook feed.

Yes!

Someone in this community once said that if you’re not ready with a backup plan, then you’re not ready for self-hosting.

The distro doesn’t really have much impact on the end result. Use what you prefer. Especially if you are using containers which is really the way to go anyway.

It’s worth noting that there are some problems with using Snap. I don’t recall the service I was using, but I was pulling out my hair trying to solve something that I could not get working. Turns out that the snap installation did not function in the expected way and the solution was to re-install without Snap.

I’m not pirating. I’m building my model.

A number of apps are already building piefed support. It seems to have some features that Lemmy lacks and more responsive development. I think it’s too early to count it out completely.

It’s main development is in Russia and some people have a problem with that, but the code is open, so it seems far fetched that there is anything malicious in there. I’m not an expert by any means, though.

I’m transitioning my (very small) office to OnlyOffice and OwnCloud this summer. I have a lot of autonomy so I can basically just make the decision.

I’m choosing OnlyOffice over LibreOffice because it’s a more similar to 360 an I will have to help the staff with very little tech literacy through the transition.

We’re not ready to transition the OS just yet (and may not be able to), but as the hardware ages, we may change over some of the less essential systems. Probably Ubuntu or Zorin.