Thanks I personally really needed this today actually! Well written and good points. Today is that kind day I need to take a step back and in a week or two ill have sorted out thoughts and have a more refreshed approach. Thanks.

Defo The biggest hurdle I think, not to mention making the USB bootable with additional software. Dead easy for us, but grandma would never have been able to wrap her head around that.

And Tt be fair, this process is the same for Windows. The only difference is people purchase their pc’s with Windows pre-installed for them. I do wish more people got to experience the difference in installing Linux vs Windows though, bet it would be an eye-opener to many.

Also, I wonder what year stores will ask customers what OS they would like installed on their PC.

Ah yeah ok was wondering why u wouldn’t use DP instead. Couldn’t an adapter work though?

What is the hdmi 2.1 problem?

neat dude, thanks for sharing!

Also, you must have not read the wiki properly, because he does mention OPNsense.

Thanks dude! Best of luck on your selfhosting adventures ✨

I completely agree that WireGuard and OPNsense are excellent choices, and I would have chosen them myself. However, I don’t think it’s fair to suggest that someone should “leave the topic to others” simply because they’ve made different choices. While WireGuard is indeed superior, OpenVPN is still a solid option and widely used today. Similarly, although OPNsense is better, pfSense remains a great piece of software - even though the company behind it isnt perfect.

People should still be able to use whatever software they like without being juged by it. Its better for people to at least start with something, rather than nothing: then its also more likely they will get more educated on topic and the different matters of opinions later on.

damn, that is a shame.

actually yeah, fair point. I think perhaps the videoes are probably what they aim to be more beginner friendly rather than the written one.

Very nice goal list, best of luck!

Ouf yeah same here 😅

What mini rack did you go for? Am looking to do the same.

From what I’ve heard the best option for deleting your data from brokers is: https://easyoptouts.com/

This is just run by two honest dudes and is considerably cheaper than the other services. The reason I like this one (though not used as I don’t live in the US, is because these guys are quite transparent about the process.) I’ve heard numerous podcasts where these guys come into the show and talk about their work. As an example they were on the Firewalls don’t stop dragon podcast. I would at least have a look at this service and compare with the rest.

Best of luck 🍀

Podcast details:

Episode webpage: https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2024/12/09/deleting-your-data/

Media file: https://media.blubrry.com/firewalls_dont_stop_dragons/content.blubrry.com/firewalls_dont_stop_dragons/2024-12-09_Ep406_Deleting_Your_Data.mp3

VLANs for the win! Was a difficult process for me too when i first setup my Omada stack, but got there in the end. Very nice to have it sorted. While you’re at it, you might want to look into having a seperate wifi for guests! I at least have a very limited guest wifi, with a QR code guests can scan when they come in to my house - neat little thing for them, plus i dont have to worry about their devices on my network.

Not sure myself. Was looking at both options myself but NTFY seemed to have broader support and thats why i went with it. Though i cannot back that claim up, simply from my first impression. If Gotify works well for you then I wouldn’t worry about changing it.

Great goal! Good networking is jolly important. Best of luck bud :)

Tailscale? 👉👈 🥺

Hardware Haven is one of my favs, so much inspiration to gain from that channel!

Nice dude! Jellyfin has defo been a nice change for me which i switched to during 2024.