My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation.
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My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation. I slapped a big hard drive in it, and reformatted with #Kubuntu #Linux.
I've converted many of my DVD collection into a @jellyfin server. (Only stuff I OWN + public domain content, and only viewable inside the house.) I also just put on #NextCoud and it was pretty easy. Now I essentially have cloud storage from anyplace.
It's amazing! And... it just works. Why didn't I do this before???
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My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation. I slapped a big hard drive in it, and reformatted with #Kubuntu #Linux.
I've converted many of my DVD collection into a @jellyfin server. (Only stuff I OWN + public domain content, and only viewable inside the house.) I also just put on #NextCoud and it was pretty easy. Now I essentially have cloud storage from anyplace.
It's amazing! And... it just works. Why didn't I do this before???
@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Self-hosting is awesome! I personally enjoy every moment of it (even if it's not working as expected haha)!
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My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation. I slapped a big hard drive in it, and reformatted with #Kubuntu #Linux.
I've converted many of my DVD collection into a @jellyfin server. (Only stuff I OWN + public domain content, and only viewable inside the house.) I also just put on #NextCoud and it was pretty easy. Now I essentially have cloud storage from anyplace.
It's amazing! And... it just works. Why didn't I do this before???
I want to thank a few people for inspiration: @_elena, @dragondaddy, @thekitmalone, and a few others I'm sure.
This opened up a world of possibilities for me. Also, I know there will be a lot of perfectly good "old" 5-year-old computers going to salvage because of the Windows decommissioning of v10.
Each step was definitely a "weekend project" but each step also adds amazing functionality. So worth it.
If you're thinking of taking the plunge, ask me anything. I'd be happy to help!
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@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Self-hosting is awesome! I personally enjoy every moment of it (even if it's not working as expected haha)!
Yeah - I found that reading Jellyfin's excellent online documentation was very eye opening. That was about step 10 after installing Jellyfin, after wondering why Jellyfin wasn't doing what I expected. It has very strict naming requirements which adds functionality and information to each item.
It's an amazing piece of software. Kudos to the team.
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@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Self-hosting is awesome! I personally enjoy every moment of it (even if it's not working as expected haha)!
One aha moment was dumping my Lord of the Rings DVDs to my hard drive, which is spread across two disks.
Naming the files "Fellowship of the Ring part_1.mkv" and "Fellowship of the Ring part_2.mkv" just flows one part to the next seamlessly. It's just magic! 🧙
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One aha moment was dumping my Lord of the Rings DVDs to my hard drive, which is spread across two disks.
Naming the files "Fellowship of the Ring part_1.mkv" and "Fellowship of the Ring part_2.mkv" just flows one part to the next seamlessly. It's just magic! 🧙
@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Oooh! That's pretty cool!
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My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation. I slapped a big hard drive in it, and reformatted with #Kubuntu #Linux.
I've converted many of my DVD collection into a @jellyfin server. (Only stuff I OWN + public domain content, and only viewable inside the house.) I also just put on #NextCoud and it was pretty easy. Now I essentially have cloud storage from anyplace.
It's amazing! And... it just works. Why didn't I do this before???
@ScottStarkey @jellyfin now use tailscale to to easily access your cloud and tools from anywhere
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My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation. I slapped a big hard drive in it, and reformatted with #Kubuntu #Linux.
I've converted many of my DVD collection into a @jellyfin server. (Only stuff I OWN + public domain content, and only viewable inside the house.) I also just put on #NextCoud and it was pretty easy. Now I essentially have cloud storage from anyplace.
It's amazing! And... it just works. Why didn't I do this before???
@ScottStarkey @jellyfin Jellyfin is nothing less than a triumph. I used a decade-old Asus CN60 Chromebox and it works great for streaming all my TV show collections without juggling DVDs. All the convenience of streaming plus the autonomy of ownership.
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@ScottStarkey @jellyfin now use tailscale to to easily access your cloud and tools from anywhere
I will have to look into #tailscale. So far I've used #Cloudflare Zero Trust for my #NextCloud server. It's the "easy button".
However, I've read a little about Cloudflare's support of things that I don't really like. Also, streaming videos is against their terms of service. So, I'd like an alternate solution.
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My latest project was turning my old Windows 10 machine upstairs into a #SelfHosting workstation. I slapped a big hard drive in it, and reformatted with #Kubuntu #Linux.
I've converted many of my DVD collection into a @jellyfin server. (Only stuff I OWN + public domain content, and only viewable inside the house.) I also just put on #NextCoud and it was pretty easy. Now I essentially have cloud storage from anyplace.
It's amazing! And... it just works. Why didn't I do this before???
That sounds like a fun project!
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I will have to look into #tailscale. So far I've used #Cloudflare Zero Trust for my #NextCloud server. It's the "easy button".
However, I've read a little about Cloudflare's support of things that I don't really like. Also, streaming videos is against their terms of service. So, I'd like an alternate solution.
@ScottStarkey @jellyfin except a handful of public things - tailscale always works...we access everything from joplin, our game servers, ollama, jellyfin...over tailscale
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I want to thank a few people for inspiration: @_elena, @dragondaddy, @thekitmalone, and a few others I'm sure.
This opened up a world of possibilities for me. Also, I know there will be a lot of perfectly good "old" 5-year-old computers going to salvage because of the Windows decommissioning of v10.
Each step was definitely a "weekend project" but each step also adds amazing functionality. So worth it.
If you're thinking of taking the plunge, ask me anything. I'd be happy to help!
@ScottStarkey @_elena @dragondaddy This is rad! Everytime someone starts hosting their own services an angel gets their wings!
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@ScottStarkey @_elena @dragondaddy This is rad! Everytime someone starts hosting their own services an angel gets their wings!
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I want to thank a few people for inspiration: @_elena, @dragondaddy, @thekitmalone, and a few others I'm sure.
This opened up a world of possibilities for me. Also, I know there will be a lot of perfectly good "old" 5-year-old computers going to salvage because of the Windows decommissioning of v10.
Each step was definitely a "weekend project" but each step also adds amazing functionality. So worth it.
If you're thinking of taking the plunge, ask me anything. I'd be happy to help!
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