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SWAT<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linuxlads" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxlads</span></a></span> just finished episode 136 and heard you talk about YunoHost.</p><p>Sounds like you don't know about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> ( <a href="https://www.freedombox.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">freedombox.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ). Excerpt from their website: "FreedomBox is a private server for non-experts"</p><p>It's been around for a while. I've probably been introduced to it during <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> 2013: <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/freedombox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedu</span><span class="invisible">le/event/freedombox/</span></a></p><p>Check it out gents and keep up the excellent podcast!</p>
FreedomBox<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> 25.3 is released and uploaded to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> unstable. Uploads to stable-backports are currently on hold, due to an issue found in FreedomBox 25.2.<br>A fix for the issue is in progress.</p><p><a href="https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-3-released/3621" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.freedombox.org/t/freed</span><span class="invisible">ombox-25-3-released/3621</span></a></p>
yeti<p>Project "Simple Media"</p><p>Status: finished<br>Use case: multi device home video streaming</p><p>Replaces: mpeg collection of digitized Super8 &amp; VHS family videos.<br>Backup: external hard drive</p><p>Configuration:<br>- Freedombox / MiniDLNA <br>- Added 128 USB pen drive for media storage (exfat)</p><p>Fully supports local network streaming for DLNA-enabled clients (target Samsung "smart" TV)</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/MiniDLNA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Man</span><span class="invisible">ual/MiniDLNA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://squatch.online/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://squatch.online/tags/freedombox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedombox</span></a> <a href="https://squatch.online/tags/minidlna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minidlna</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> 25.2 is released 🎉 <br>We added 2 new apps:</p><p>💻 GNOME desktop environment</p><p>✉️ SOGo groupware server</p><p><a href="https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-2-released/3602" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.freedombox.org/t/freed</span><span class="invisible">ombox-25-2-released/3602</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> progress call is starting soon!<br>See how to join the call here:<br><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ProgressCalls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Pro</span><span class="invisible">gressCalls</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> 25.1 has been released. Here are the highlights:<br>- email: Show DNS entries for all domains instead of just primary<br>- privacy: Add option in UI to set lookup URL for public IPs<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a><br><a href="https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-1-released/3566" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.freedombox.org/t/freed</span><span class="invisible">ombox-25-1-released/3566</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> 24.26 is released into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> unstable:</p><p>• Apps' short description replaced with tags.<br>• Add breadcrumbs for page navigation.<br>• Page load errors displayed as alerts.</p><p><a href="https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-24-26-released/3543" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.freedombox.org/t/freed</span><span class="invisible">ombox-24-26-released/3543</span></a></p>
that guy<p>I got myself a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> but am a complete noob to servers and self-hosting. This should be interesting!</p><p>The uses I'm most interested in: music streaming, blog hosting, and calendar/contacts. Maybe email at some point. If you've got suggestions for any of these, please share!</p><p>Also, any recommendations for domain registrars? Looking at <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NameCheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NameCheap</span></a> right now.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/selfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> <br>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freedomboxfndn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedomboxfndn</span></a></span></p>
FreedomBox<p>FreedomBox 24.25 has been released! 🎉 Here are some of the highlights:</p><p>- Fix Deluge app installation on Debian testing.<br>- Don’t error when dismissing missing notifications.<br>- Switch to using bootstrap 5.<br>- 13 people contributed! ❤️ </p><p>See the full list of changes here:<br><a href="https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-24-25-released/3456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.freedombox.org/t/freed</span><span class="invisible">ombox-24-25-released/3456</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
James is Carpe-ing this Diem<p>Spent much of yesterday messing around with <a href="https://feistycricket.org/tags/Freedombox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedombox</span></a>. Not sure I’ll stick with it. </p><p>Raspberry Pi 4 with a 4Tb SSD. First problem is that the install image is MBR, so the SSD is maxed out at 2Tb. </p><p>Suppose I could roll my own, but really? Shouldn’t have to…</p><p>1/?</p>
FreedomBox<p>FreedomBox App Highlight: Radicale</p><p>With Radicale, you can synchronize your personal calendars, ToDo lists, and addressbooks with your various computers, tablets, and smartphones, and share them with friends, without letting third parties know your personal schedule or contacts. You can use Radicale together with apps such as Thunderbird or DAVx⁵.</p><p>Find out more at <a href="https://freedombox.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">freedombox.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBoxApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBoxApps</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calendar</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p>The "freedombox" package version 24.24 is now available in Debian bookworm-backports.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Backports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backports</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p>FreedomBox 24.24 has been released with updates to the container registry used for Nextcloud, and fixes for Wi-Fi connection setup.</p><p>A complete list of changes is available here:<br><a href="https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-24-24-released/3388" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.freedombox.org/t/freed</span><span class="invisible">ombox-24-24-released/3388</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wifi</span></a></p>
jase<a href="https://tail-f.journalctl.uk/social?t=snac2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Snac2</a> in Debian backports now updated to version 2.63.<br><br>My "pure Debian" fediverse server now effortlessly upgraded by apt update &amp;&amp; apt upgrade.<br><br>Thanks as usual to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/jvalleroy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jvalleroy@fosstodon.org</a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://snac.sergiodj.net/sergiodj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sergiodj@snac.sergiodj.net</a></span> for the Debian package and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://comam.es/snac/grunfink" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@grunfink@comam.es</a></span> for continuing to develop and improve Snac2<br><br>Now that <a href="https://tail-f.journalctl.uk/social?t=freedombox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedombox</a> has <a href="https://tail-f.journalctl.uk/social?t=nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nextcloud</a> and access to <a href="https://tail-f.journalctl.uk/social?t=snac2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snac2</a> in the repos, it makes that project look all the more enticing as a one stop self hosting solution.<br>
Lori Emerson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@teledyn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>teledyn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://verkehrswende.social/@x_tof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>x_tof</span></a></span> I've not seen anyone mention <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> yet but I will try to remember to let you know if I do</p>
teledyn 𓂀<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@loriemerson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>loriemerson</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@teledyn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>teledyn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://verkehrswende.social/@x_tof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>x_tof</span></a></span></p><p>Prompted by <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a>'s new rules, I revisited <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/xmpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xmpp</span></a> and put up <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Prosody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prosody</span></a> but of course there's no one to call. Looking for EASY on-ramps for Other People I found the <a href="https://conversations.im" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">conversations.im</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> app as an option. Any other open IM hosts/clients to know? </p><p>Sadly, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a> HAD jsxc but as with many great apps, the jump to laravel stranded them and the dev couldn't be bothered.</p><p>Has anyone used <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a>?</p>
njoseph :fbx:<p>If you are used to advanced task tracking systems with projects, tags, subtasks, detailed notes etc. (org-mode or even a full-fledged project management system such as Trello) and not satisfied with the simplicity of a system like ToDo.txt, there is a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@TiddlyWiki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TiddlyWiki</span></a></span> plugin for Task Management. <a href="http://tiddlytables.tiddlyspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">tiddlytables.tiddlyspot.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It conveniently appears in the side bar, so that you don't have to figure out how to "pin" a tiddler.</p><p><a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/TaskManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaskManagement</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/todoTXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>todoTXT</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/TiddlyWiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TiddlyWiki</span></a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p>FreedomBox 24.23 is released with updates to Backups, Ejabberd, Users, and the user interface.</p><p><a href="https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-24-23-released/3347" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.freedombox.org/t/freed</span><span class="invisible">ombox-24-23-released/3347</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a></p>
Ken Walker :caflag:<p>Installing <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NextCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NextCloud</span></a> on my <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/freedombox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freedombox</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> server is easy. This looks like a great way to <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>degoogle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/nextcloud-hub-9/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/nextcloud-hub</span><span class="invisible">-9/</span></a></p>
FreedomBox<p>If you would like to support the FreedomBox project financially, please consider a donation to the FreedomBox Foundation. This will help to maintain and expand the infrastructure used for web hosting, discussion forums, demo server, and functional tests.</p><p><a href="https://freedomboxfoundation.org/donate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freedomboxfoundation.org/donat</span><span class="invisible">e/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>