It’s pretty amazing isn’t it?! There’s no way that I would have had the time and patience set up a server without it.

Do you know if hugo blogs can federate?

Peachy. Sounds like there’s nothing to worry about then (from a user POV).

I’ve installed it from F-droid but still. Fuck google. They really do need breaking up.

I heavily rely on Syncthing. Does anyone know what the outlook is for Syncthing-fork, or what the likelihood is of someone taking on maintenance of this version?

Their website does make security look like a big priority. I wonder about the security of my YUNOhost server but am not really sure how to evaluate it.

That’s cool. I think I’ve been using it for nearly two years. I had no prior experience with servers and got a bit confused at times in the beginning but these days I hardly need to touch it. How come you’re thinking of switching to Cosmos just out of interest?

I would try YUNOhost

Man, thank you for looking into this.

I don’t even use Immich but it’s a relief to know that people like you are actively monitoring these kinds of applications. I have a VPS running a few things and there is no way I would be happy with an application on it behaving this way without my consent.

bingbong.

Same thing we’ve got, except it’s corporations doing it to us.

That travel router looks good. Will you also be using it to connect to the internet using a phone hotspot or just using it for a local network?

I’d like to design a similar off-grid system. What do you have in mind for mobile wifi router and cellular signal booster?

You could try Jami. It’s peer to peer, so essentially any participants are self-hosting it. Its E2E encrypted, supports group messaging, voice and video calling, has easily ‘linkable’ mobile and desktop apps for all platforms and requires no email address or phone number to use. It’s also the only messenger I’m aware of which is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. I highly recommend it 👌

I work with print a lot too. Very interested in the imminent release of GIMP 3.0 with it’s colour upgrades.

*Iceland. I recommend them too.

It’s not on your list but 1984. Iceland based, good for privacy, runs on renewable energy. You can install YUNOhost on it and easily run the things you mentioned plus a bunch of other stuff like email.

Nice, what is your artist name? Maybe I’ve heard you on it!

I remember hearing about this. And I bet you the reason they ended up with so many songs with less than 1000 plays is because of their own algorithm. Apart from creating money problems for most musicians, they have been actively narrowing our artistic culture by effectively inbreeding modern music. Its really bad. We need musicians (and all other artists) to express and reflect who we are and what we’re about. They empower us. I feel like contemporary music has become narrowed down to nothing but hedonism, vanity and self-loathing; largely thanks to the likes of spotify.

BTW if you’re interested in something which is good, check out https://radiofreefedi.net/ It’s music from artists on the fediverse. I’ve had some great sessions listening to their comfy channel and discovered some awesome new artists that I wouldn’t have otherwise.

I call on all small artists to boycott Spotify.

You will make no money on it but they depend on you for their business.

Do not perpetuate or support the continued impoverishment and humiliation of musicians and the degradation of artistic culture.

You can use the Newpipe app to listen to SoundCloud as well.