BruisedMoose

Oh, haha. I thought you were telling me I should rethink using a DNS adblocker.

Would you care to expand on that?

Even better: system-wide DNS adblocking on Android. Get rid of in-app ads too.

I’m in camp #2. Only my Gmail address can access my apps from outside my home. It’s a little bit of a pain to configure the rules, but once it’s done it’s done. I’ve been happy with it.

You do need to have a domain name though.

Ugh. Doesn’t IA have enough legal issues already?

It also isn’t an operating system. It’s an application that you install on an existing OS.

Could the company decide to lock it to only their hardware? Probably. Could they take money in exchange for preferred listings? Yup.

And if it gets shitty, like OP said, it is just a layer on top of Docker. You can leave it.

CasaOS was key in easing me into the world of Docker. I understand general use enough to be comfortable installing without Casa and jumping into compose files and such. But I’ll still check out the store for apps sometimes just for ease of use.

Whole post is just a rant against something that OP apparently doesn’t know anything about.

I really didn’t think I was going to like a minimal launcher after so many years with Nova and then AIO, but OLauncher really clicked for me.

Since then, I upgraded to ProLauncher, which mostly adds shortcut icons on the right (I believe that’s what I upgraded for anyway). It’s been great.

Once upon a time. But my understanding of this:

https://blog.cloudflare.com/updated-tos/

Is that so long as you don’t use their CDN for your content, which is where the bypass cache rule comes in, you’re okay.

Given your requirements, IDK why people are recommending different VPNs and such. No way I’m going through that with my mom.

For me, the easiest route was Cloudflare Tunnel. No need to fart around with exposing ports, has some baseline security, TLS, easy for my users.

The only thing you’ll want to be sure to do is create a cache rule to bypass caching on your jellyfin domain.

For what it’s worth, CasaOS isn’t actually an operating system. It absolutely works as an easy way to install and manage your self-hosted apps if you aren’t comfortable with the command line, but you still need to have a working Linux installation.

Yunohost is kind of similar as far as making things easier, but it operates as a standalone OS, so might be more what you’re looking for.

I installed Capyreader for the capybara, but stayed for how nice the app is.

I think a lot of the responses here get at the fact that Mastodon does take a little time and work to curate a feed that you enjoy.

I run a little instance with a few active users, so I follow them. I don’t tend to follow hashtags, but I check them out now and then to look for interesting posters. Browse the FediFollows account and https://fedi.directory/ . Use a hashtag or two when you post sometimes and check out the accounts that share or like your post.

Follow accounts liberally, but unfollow just as liberally they just don’tdo it for you. Eventually, you’ll end up with something that you enjoy.

Everyone has said Nextcloud, and I agree.

I will also add though that I keep Nextcloud on a VPS rather than hosting it at home. Easier for me in terms of backups and storage, plus I don’t have to worry about a kid or my wife unplugging the PC to charge a phone or something. 🙃

I’ve been trying out the DuckDuckGo browser for the last week or so and it’s doing the job. Of your list, it doesn’t have a tab bar, but it checks the other boxes well enough, I think. I do really miss the reader mode button in Firefox. And generally the ability to use extensions.

My reasoning and setup are different, but I’m also looking at DAS solutions this week for a media server.

After just about a month of hosting some things on a Raspberry Pi 4, I think it’s about time to work on repurposing this mini PC that hasn’t been doing much the last few years and keep growing my services.

To that end, can anyone point me to a good, thorough guide to getting going with Sonarr? I installed it, but then realized I needed to add a client and Prowlarr and I feel like I just started in the middle.

I agree with this. I’m running CasaOS on a Pi4. Having the initial ease of one click installs gives you a great start, then you’ll start to find that you need to manage some port assignments, then you’ll start learning about Docker environment variables, then you’ll be managing custom installs.

Awesome-Selfhosted is a great resource. Just browse and try something interesting.

My own recent journey went like this:

Run AdGuard Add DokuWiki, Navidrome, Mealie Set up Cloudflare Tunnels Add FreshRSS, Homer, SearchXNG

I also have Nextcloud on a VPS, but the fun is on the Pi.

Thanks! It just threw an error at me when I launched it, but I’ll see what I can do. Based of the warnings in the admin panel, there isn’t anything critical for me to address, I just hate that orange.

Since it’s winter and I mostly don’t want to leave my house, I busted out an unused Raspberry Pi 4b a couple weeks ago. Started with CasaOS and AdGuard. Have now added a few other services including Navidrome to serve up a lot of local-area music for myself and friends. Got a Cloudflare tunnel set up, then some authentication through CF as well. And finally secured a static IP from my ISP. This is the farthest along I’ve ever gotten with any of this and it’s been going great. Nearly every hurdle I’ve encountered I’ve been able to work through.

Two things causing me grief today though:

1. I also have Nextcloud hosted on a VPS and I cannot get to the point of running occ commands. First it wasn’t found, then no php cli, then just errors. I gave up.

2. I’m using Homer because it’s just so simple, but the theming and CSS is driving me nuts. Sure, I can change colors, but will this little bar in the neon theme change from 4em to 100% for me? NOPE. Override fonts? Nosir. All good though.

Backdrops is usually my go-to. I also used Tapet happily for a long time.