Self-hosting is fun
@santisbon.me
Mostly tech and math. Linux, distributed systems, software architecture, cloud computing. I don't argue with strangers on the internet. Follows ≠ Endorsements.
Curating my BookOrbit library has become a new hobby. So much better than any e-book management solution I've tried before and 100% under my control. Want to deploy to your k8s cluster? See github.com/santisbon/bo...
GitHub - santisbon/books: Helm chart to deploy the BookOrbit e-book management solution.
Helm chart to deploy the BookOrbit e-book management solution. - santisbon/books
github.com
Did you know the original name for Linux was "Freax" (free + freak + Unix). When Linus uploaded the code to his university's FTP, admin Ari Lemmke didn't like that name and renamed the directory "Linux" without asking. The rest is history. howtogeek.com/how-linux-go... #Linux35
I wanted to see if the robot can add atproto login to an existing, complex project (Docmost) with minimal guidance from me. Yes, it can.
I love to answer questions about Linux but only if it's an honest question. I *almost* fell for an engagement bait post just now but a quick look at the profile showed it's an engagement farming account.
I don't know much about video games but seeing all these developments around Linux gaming makes me happy. A lot of people got into tech careers because they had to figure out computers as kids in order to play games. Bring them all to Linux!
Are there any plans for @tangled.org to offer an OCI registry for Helm charts and container images?
One of the things I love about a Linux desktop is that it forces you to learn something new about how computers work. Highly recommended but only if this knowledge increases your value in the labor market. A cardiothoracic surgeon who just wants a computer that works would probably not benefit.
As a general rule, anyone posting about an operating system like Windows or macOS is already aware that Linux exists; you don't need to recommend it to them. You'll just come off as inexperienced for recommending things without understanding the use case in question. Professionals don't do that.
The only thing I care about in office productivity software is having beautiful tables in my spreadsheets like in Apple Numbers and Google Sheets. Libre Office and Proton Drive are nowhere near that, unfortunately. Maybe someday.
Warp terminal and bash suddenly started having some weird interaction that caused bash to crash on start. Got tired of troubleshooting so I switched to zsh which I like better anyway. Problem solved.
Getting dual-NIC mini PCs for my #homelab was absolutely the right call. The old Raspberry Pi cluster was fun but very limiting.
Learning more about software-defined networking and OVN. Still much to learn but my homelab with MicroCloud + MicroK8s is up and running and all my workloads (including this account’s PDS) are working. #linux
My PDS lift-and-shift is done! Now on the new hardware: cluster of mini PCs running MicroCloud/LXD/MicroCeph/MicroOVN + MicroK8s. I now have experience deploying a PDS to Kubernetes on two different homelab topologies. #atdev
My PDS management app is coming along. It’ll be Linux (Flatpak) at first, with plans for macOS and Android if there’s demand for it.
Moving from macOS to a Linux laptop has made me want to move from iOS to GrapheneOS but I’d have to replace my phone, tablet, earbuds, and smart watch. Not worth it, at least for now.
I think I’m going to do a GUI version of my PDS management scripts. #atdev
Every single person I have asked in person has never heard of Bluesky, let alone atproto. This is a problem and I don't know if anyone's working on it. I'm not saying bsky should spend millions on World Cup ads but something has to be done.
I know some people want to hold on to X11 but the only thing that worked flawlessly with my Nvidia GPU and my Apple Studio Display 5K was Kubuntu 26.04 (KDE Plasma + Wayland). #linux
KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives
6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not
theregister.com
What's you favorite #homelab workload that's not Nextcloud or Home Assistant? I'm running BookOrbit, Pi-hole, and my atproto PDS. Looking for something cool to add.
What's really nice is that my account now lives in my own PDS, in my #homelab, using cloud-native primitives in case I ever want to move it to some #k8s cluster in the cloud.
Self-hosting is fun@santisbon.me · 4w agoDeploy a PDS to Kubernetes with this Helm chart. #atproto #k8s #kubernetes
I would love a System76 Linux laptop but for an Intel Core Ultra9 275HX, NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB DDR5, 2x 1TB PCIe4 SSD, 16" QHD 240Hz display: Lenovo Legion: $2.5K System76 Serval: $3.7K And the Lenovo has OLED instead of LCD. I got it for $1.8K before prices went crazy and put Linux on it.
There seem to be 2 types of user who want to move to Linux but can't: - Needs Studio Clip/Adobe/AutoDesk suite. - Needs firmware updates from manufacturers that don't publish them to the LVFS. Dual-boot Linux/Windows will be the right approach for a lot of folks for the foreseeable future. 1/
Cloudflare laid off 20% of staff, while engineering headcount surged. CEO Matthew Prince explains why AI is driving both trends. https://bit.ly/3R1LVpn
In the AI era, be a builder or a seller, not a measurer
AI isn't killing tech jobs, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. It's changing which roles companies value most.
businessinsider.com
Today I learned that even though many MicroK8s addons run fine on a Raspberry Pi cluster, the observability addon is not one of them.
I couldn't find official docs on this but AI agents say that PDFs imported into Apple Books are in a separate container within iCloud Drive and not covered by E2EE in Advanced Data Protection. Can anyone confirm with official sources?
Now that a lot of desktops and laptops have 2 disks, coming to Linux is easier than ever. You don't even need to think about partitions. Just give it a disk and accept the defaults.
