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   Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:21:44 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

   • Elena Rossini

   Introducing: "my so-called sudo life"

   a new #blog series tracking my journey towards greater digital sovereignty.

   "Instead of wallowing in this grief and anger, I have resolved to make this time – these 4 years – matter. It makes me feel better and more empowered to set some high goals, so that by January 2029 I could look back and think to myself: I have grown and helped others during these tumultuous 4 years. I made good use of that time."

   https://elenarossini.com/2024/12/introducing-my-so-called-sudo-life/

   follow the blog: @ele

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     Matt Baldwin (mcbalz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:50:08 JST Matt Baldwin

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     • Elena Rossini

     @_elena @ele this post speaks to me! May I suggest learning Python as your new language? Or in addition to the other goals. It will feel really good, and snap together with Linux like a bullet in the chamber. Unless I am confused and you are already a Pythonista in which case I apologize and submit my resignation.

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     Franz Graf (hikingdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 03:13:04 JST Franz Graf

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     • Elena Rossini

     @_elena @ele
     Great to see that you're having goals! What are mine.. A very good question!

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     ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial: (stereo@freiburg.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 05:35:56 JST ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial:

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     • Elena Rossini

     @_elena @ele

     to get the first version of goal nr 2 easily:
     https://tokipona.org/

     can be "done" in one week. ;)

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     Franz Graf (hikingdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 15:04:48 JST Franz Graf

     @_elena
     🤔 Good idea! Exhibition might be a thing. Thank you!

     Anything for sale will suffer in my overly bad sales talent 😉

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     Franz Graf (hikingdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 20:47:10 JST Franz Graf

     @_elena haha, Elena you might be right!!

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     Matt Panaro (eigen@mattstodon.panar.ooo)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 05:07:58 JST Matt Panaro

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     • Elena Rossini

     @_elena @ele if I can be of any assistance on the technical side of things, please feel free to reach out

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     Michel Patrice (michelpatrice@jasette.facil.services)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 17:48:17 JST Michel Patrice

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     • Elena Rossini

     @_elena @ele

     I understand that you speak french. If so, you might find interesting Framasoft’s DéGooglisation campaing (https://degooglisons-internet.org/fr/).

     I am on a similar liberation from the algorithm journey. I find interesting your non-tech recommandations, talking to friends, reading books and so on.

     Your stuff speaks to me.

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 19:14:57 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     It’s happening!!! I signed up for a #VPS and I’m about to install #YunoHost. Exciteeeeeeed (and slightly scared).

     I’m so early in my #Linux journey but I was emboldened after watching a video walkthrough of YunoHost, with the narrator repeating time and time again « it’s so easy a child could do it ».

     Let’s see if « it’s so easy a Linux newbie could do it».

     Wish me luck! 😅

     #mysocalledsudolife

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     Michele Adduci (madduci@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 20:28:59 JST Michele Adduci

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     @_elena nice challenge! I would suggest to install it as a docker container.

     The installation docs appear to be broken somehow

     https://doc.yunohost.org/it/install

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     Michele Adduci (madduci@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 20:33:06 JST Michele Adduci

     @_elena you can start from the forum: https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-install-apps-with-docker-on-yunohost-how-i-did-it/20528

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 21:26:23 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     Update: yes, it was SO EASY a child (or a #Linux newbie) could do it.

     I now have #YunoHost installed on my #VPS! 🥳

     I wish I had timed how long it took - it was less than 5 minutes! This update comes 2 hours later because I've been dealing with other work stuff in the meantime.

     All this to say: a HUGE thank you to the @yunohost team for creating such a phenomenal resource. Donation-as-thank-you coming soon 😊

     🔗: https://yunohost.org

     #selfhosting #empowerment #MySoCalledSudoLife

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     Marko (decorum@kanoa.de)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 22:17:46 JST Marko

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena @yunohost Congrats 🎉

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     Stefano Marinelli (stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 22:18:27 JST Stefano Marinelli

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena @yunohost well done, and welcome aboard!

     #OwnYourData

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 14:55:22 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     Good morning Fedi Friends! It’s 6:53am in Paris and I am taking advantage of my child being asleep to continue my #YunoHost setup and tweak DNS records.

     A bit risky since I’ve only had one coffee but here we go.

     Wishing you all a lovely day!

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     Marko (decorum@kanoa.de)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 15:16:14 JST Marko

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     @_elena Have fun in becoming a Linux Nerdgirl. :C_H:

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     @BjornW@mastodon.social (bjornw@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 16:18:51 JST @BjornW@mastodon.social

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     @_elena Awesome! Enjoy the ride.

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     :fedora: filippodb :cc: :gnu: (filippodb@mastodon.uno)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 17:27:01 JST :fedora: filippodb :cc: :gnu:

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     @_elena svegliarsi un'ora prima per sistemare yunohost prima che i bimbi si sveglino, che dejavù 😅

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     Leszek (lpryszcz@genomic.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 17:43:30 JST Leszek

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena how do you like it? I installed @yunohost a few months ago and I'm still surprised how little maintenance it requires! Big thank you ❤️
     #selfhosting

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     Chris (chriszx@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 17:45:13 JST Chris

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena @yunohost Your enthusiasm is infectious and consequently, I have bookmarked the website. I will return to it in time to digest later. Thank you for sharing your journey. It's one I plan on making myself, albeit, much more slowly.

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     Jorge Luis ⁂ (jorge@saturno.red)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 17:46:00 JST Jorge Luis ⁂

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     @_elena congratulations and greetings from another yunohost server running from home 🏡
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     Maarten Pelgrim (maartenpelgrim@mastodon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 18:45:37 JST Maarten Pelgrim

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     @_elena That looks nice! Are you going to run your own Mastodon instance, or is it just for stuff like DNS?

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 19:00:36 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     To add an extra layer of difficulty to my #selfhosting journey, there is the issue of scarce free time.

     Now I have 20 minutes before I need to cook for my child and then go pick her up from nursery school. Editing DNS records with the clock ticking is not for the faint of heart 😅

     If struggling with DNS is a #selfhost rite of passage, I am ready to jump over this hurdle and get to the next!

     Jokes aside, I'm super grateful for #YunoHost's crystal clear instructions.

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     Pete (caffetino@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 19:05:52 JST Pete

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     @_elena why are you self-hosting?

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     Marcos Dione (mdione@en.osm.town)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 19:47:58 JST Marcos Dione

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     @_elena my advice as also self hoster and also parent is to cram as much house keeping in those 20m and use after-bedtime time for self hosting. That's assuming that your kids sleep way more than you do (mine sleep some 11h, I try to do 8h). Alternatively, doing it in the very early morning, but that's not for me. Good luck!

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     dharmik (dharmik@linuxusers.in)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 19:48:36 JST dharmik

     • Pete
     @_elena@mastodon.social @Caffetino@mastodon.social do keep us updated on how heavy is sharkey on your vps? what is the minimum suggested requirement for uhhm, 10 users?
     
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     cuan_knaggs (mensrea@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 19:49:38 JST cuan_knaggs

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     @_elena DNS setup is not actually difficult but it can be hella confusing when you start or if you pick up someone else's config. it is very precise though, so when things don't work: make sure of all the details (typos, case, ...) and then give it some time, and then make sure to use different browsers with all history wiped for testing. https://dnschecker.org and the CLI tool 'drill' are also very useful here

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     pink (pink@norden.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 19:50:05 JST pink

     • Death by Lambda

     @xdydx
     And here is the appropriate site to check: https://isitdns.com/
     😉
     @_elena

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     Pete (caffetino@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 20:58:49 JST Pete

     @_elena thanks. I'm on a similar journey, but still using other people's servers (e.g. proton). I have a RPi4 and I'm in the process of upgrading to a RPi5 as the 4 was just too slow.

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     Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (juandesant@astrodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 00:29:33 JST Dr. Juande Santander-Vela

     • dharmik

     @_elena @dharmik so, yourself in a month!

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     Giacomo Tesio (giacomo@snac.tesio.it)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 00:32:38 JST Giacomo Tesio

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     • Marcos Dione
     @mdione@en.osm.town
     
     Guys, you cannot imagine how much I can relate!
     
     🥱
     
     DNS are quite fundamental to the Internet, @_elena@mastodon.social so unfortunately a proper configuration is a sort of rite of passage, just like learning that it might take a couple of days for any update to propagate, so getting them right in the first place is just as wise as tricky.
     
     Fortunately you are not going to face the burden #Google's #GMail imposed to all of us by self-hosting your email server, that is way worse than a website or a fediverse node!
     Consider self-hosting your email server like the last level big-boss in your favourite adventure game.
     
     Anyway, if in the future you'll want to try a simpler (and likely cheeper) alternative Fediverse software, I just published a short tutorial on snac here: https://encrypted.tesio.it/2024/12/18/how-to-run-your-own-social-network.html
     
     It also discuss some of the vulnerabilities of the #fediverse that you might not be aware yet (but that can all be mitigated by #selfhosting your instances, so you are on the good track anyway 😉 )
     
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     Robert Kingett (weirdwriter@caneandable.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 00:34:14 JST Robert Kingett

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     @_elena I would recommend others try PikaPods too. You choose the software you want them to host, you choose the specs and the bandwidth and more and they will set up an environment for you, fully managed. It’s more instantaneous and cheaper but it’s a great way to get others involved https://www.pikapods.com/apps

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     Aerion (aerion@nerdculture.de)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 00:42:37 JST Aerion

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     @_elena
     I don't know how Yunohost works, but if possible I'd host my DNS somewhere separate from my web hosting.

     I love not putting all my eggs in one basket. For example, you may find a reason to move away from Yunohost at some point. Having your DNS hosted there would mean having to set it all up somewhere else again. Hosting it independently avoids this.

     I use deSEC, a DNS provider that runs on 100% open source software, with full support for DNSSEC. They have a friendly support community too, if you need help with anything. The UI is modelled on Google's Material design, so easy to understand. They also provide a dynamic DNS service, although only on custom domains.

     It's donation supported, so effectively pay what you want.

     Regardless of who you use for DNS hosting, you need to pay attention to the syntax, as this can wildly differ per provider. This may trip you up when following online tutorials! For example, some require a . at the end of a domain name, others may not.

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     Pete (caffetino@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 01:17:27 JST Pete

     @_elena Thanks. Ideally, I'll be able to use it as a way to get my kids interested in computing and data sovereignty.

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     Death by Lambda (xdydx@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 08:29:21 JST Death by Lambda

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     • Jan Schaumann
     • pink

     @pink @_elena
     I bet @jschauma has the entire shirt collection

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 17:24:29 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     Good morning Fedi Friends!

     Self-hosting journey day 3 – I'm about to check my #VPS setup to see if the #DNS records have finally propagated.

     Massive massive respect for sysadmins and selfhosts who have to deal with this stuff all the time (and for critical jobs!)

     Wish me luck 😅

     #MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting #YunoHost

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     ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial: (stereo@freiburg.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 17:29:38 JST ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial:

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     @_elena i like to use that one for example. you can observe how the new info spreads around the planet. https://dnschecker.org/

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     b3lt3r (b3lt3r@mastodon.b3lt3r.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 17:44:05 JST b3lt3r

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     @_elena Huge respect to you attacking mail server configuration. I self host 10's of services to *try* and de-Google myself as much as possible but the one thing I won't touch is email. For a self hosted instance the configuration method looks unchanged since the 1970s and may as well be written in sanskrit 🙂

     I'm sure you have this!

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     Travis Mooney-Evans (ttmevans@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 18:24:43 JST Travis Mooney-Evans

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     @_elena pro tip: change all your DNS TTLs to 300 seconds. That way any future changes propagate in 5 minutes.

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 18:29:51 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     My NEW idea of living dangerously: adding (or tweaking?) a PTR record for my VPS setup – because the last warnings I have on #YunoHost have to deal with reverse DNS.

     ✨ Just yesterday I had no idea what this all meant, LOL ✨

     BTW if you find all these messages annoying, I recommend you mute my hashtag #mySoCalledSudoLife 🤗

     And HUGE thanks to all the people who have provided brilliant tips so far!

     Now REALLY wish me luck 😅

     #selfhosting #newbie

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     Leszek (lpryszcz@genomic.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 19:00:52 JST Leszek

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     @_elena what's PTR record? I guess I'm newbie :P

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     virek (virek@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 19:08:41 JST virek

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     @_elena just remember when things are not working: (Apologies to the real source of the image. I couldn’t verify it)

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     SignalEleven (signaleleven@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 15:36:54 JST SignalEleven

     @_elena faccio il sysadmin per lavoro o per piacere da anni. Metà delle persone con cui ho lavorato (dunque in teoria professionisti) non hanno mai fatto quello che stai facendo.
     Il fare qualcosa senza capirlo fino in fondo è il modo migliore per capirlo fino in fondo.
     Ti diverti un casino e ti invidio un po'.

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     Cris (crisl_at@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 15:06:36 JST Cris

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     @_elena I absolutely do not find these annoying even if I’ve been doing this stuff for a very long time. I’ve been on that side and had zero clues of what I’m doing. When I started out my information source was a friend I met from time to time at a subway station and I could ask my questions.
     It’s for one a nice reminder of my starting times and also it’s a source of interesting projects. I’ve already discovered two projects I had no idea about.

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     Cris (crisl_at@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 15:07:15 JST Cris

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     @_elena hang in there, dealing with kids schedule, cooking and sysadmin can be sometimes very challenging but it might also lead to interesting things with the kids.
     My daughter is being called a hacker in class just because she does a ping 1.1.1.1

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     Zoidberg Rodríguez (zoid@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 15:13:05 JST Zoidberg Rodríguez

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena Thanks for this, didn’t know about @yunohost selfhosting can be a pain sometimes but also fun. Enjoy the ride.

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     Cris (crisl_at@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 15:22:01 JST Cris

     • Rocketman

     @slothrop @_elena Exactly in the same boat. I’ve got so many ideas for fun projects and trying to do that during Christmas holidays. My biggest plan currently is the gamification of learning and house chores. Setup is a fantasy clan, my kids and me are characters from the clan and each task gives XP and level „end boss“ are things like exams. I need to setup a chat system for it and integrate the smart home to announce progress and open tasks once the kids are detected to be home.

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     Cris (crisl_at@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 15:23:46 JST Cris

     @_elena Oh yes, I started in the summer holiday to experiment with Ente and Immich to move my photos to self hosted. I’ve got about 130k photos in my library and after the incident where deleted photos started reappearing after an iOS update. Had to abandon due to lack of time but you just reminded me I should continue.

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     Zoidberg Rodríguez (zoid@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 15:32:54 JST Zoidberg Rodríguez

     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena @yunohost For what it’s worth … doing this for a while and still break things because of DNS.

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 16:24:41 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     Good morning from Italy!

     Taking advantage of the fact my parents are giving breakfast to my 3-year-old to do more #YunoHost tweaking.

     I just ran the diagnostics and my jaw is ON THE FLOOR. I see GREEN ALL OVER - including "Email" (my nemesis) !!! 🥳

     Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

     #selfhosting #VPS #mySoCalledSudoLife

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     xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me) (xyhhx@nso.group)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 16:28:56 JST xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me)

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     @_elena congrats! email is the worst

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     Pete (caffetino@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 16:34:49 JST Pete

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     @_elena that's a good way to start the day!

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     Fred Brooker (fredbrooker@witter.cz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 16:44:42 JST Fred Brooker

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     @_elena false sense of Everything is okay 👌

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     xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me) (xyhhx@nso.group)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 16:45:19 JST xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me)

     @_elena may i ask how you're managing your dns records? also would you be open to some tool suggestions?

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     xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me) (xyhhx@nso.group)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 17:15:15 JST xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me)

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     @_elena the other thing(s) i wanted to suggest were more checklist-style tools for your web apps and email:

     - https://hardenize.com
     - https://internet.nl
     - https://checktls.com

     the first two give you details on the current configuration of your web and mail services (http(s), dns, etc), and the last one is a tool for checking your email dns and is quite robust

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     xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me) (xyhhx@nso.group)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 17:15:16 JST xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me)

     @_elena cool!

     personally, i find most hosting providers' dns tooling to be quite lacking. nowadays, i always use https://desec.io to handle my dns for my domains. they aren't a registrar, so you'd bring the same domains you already use.

     to get started, you'd sign up at desec, then set the nameservers on your domain to the desec nameservers (they tell you what they are when you sign up), then just manage your records on desec

     this is just a quality-of-life thing, though!

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 16:45:17 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     Good morning Fedi friends!

     Now that my VPS is set up correctly with #YunoHost, all I have to do is select the first app to install.

     I was certain I would go with #Sharkey (as I'm totally smitten with it) but I'm now having a case of cold feet and wondering if I should pick #Friendica instead.

     Do I select something beautiful and fun to use... or the most advanced software (with an old UX/UI)?

     I'm currently the embodiment of the hard choice meme 😅

     #selfhosting #Fediverse #MySoCalledSudoLife

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     Marko (decorum@kanoa.de)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 16:57:58 JST Marko

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     @_elena Morning Elena ☕️I'm sure you will choose the correct system for you. In Germany we say: Die Qual der Wahl 🫣

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     Tommi 🤯 (tommi@pan.rent)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 17:05:31 JST Tommi 🤯

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     @_elena The best to self-host, especially because it is very light and optimized for single-person instances, is definitely @gotosocial.

     I tested it on my YunoHost server while it was still in alpha, and it worked wonderfully already.

     Software like #Friendica and #Sharkey work at their best for communities of friends, in my opinion.

     #YunoHost #SelfHosting

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 17:09:33 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     Update: we now have a new candidate in the running: #GoToSocial. Thank you to everyone who suggested it to me.

     I've been looking at its documentation and I find it really impressive. Its "reply controls" are an amazing feature: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/#reply-controls (amongst many others)

     Will read up about it and seriously consider it 😅

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     Franz Graf (hikingdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 17:21:30 JST Franz Graf

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     @_elena
     Oh that looks like a nice thing to play with! Thanks for mentioning it

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 20:59:33 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     📣 Major update: I'm now hosting my own #Fediverse instance 🥳

     It's hard to believe that when I wrote this post just 17 DAYS ago, I would reach one of my goals so soon: https://elenarossini.com/2024/12/introducing-my-so-called-sudo-life/

     On 12/5 I wrote that I wished to become so proficient I could host my own Fediverse instance.

     Well, thanks to the magic of #YunoHost I reached that goal today. I will share more details as soon as I beef up security and finish setting up.

     P.S.: special thanks to my Fedi mentors ❤️

     #MySoCalledSudoLife

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     Meercat ✅ 
 (meercat0@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 21:36:54 JST Meercat ✅ 


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     @_elena Complimenti!

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     Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 21:43:52 JST Richard MacManus

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     @_elena Congrats! Looking forward to your writeup of the process.

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     cpsask (cpsask@techhub.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 21:54:41 JST cpsask

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     @_elena Congratulations on achieving this goal 🎉

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     Dane (thelastofhisname@sharkey.world)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 21:57:19 JST Dane

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     @_elena@mastodon.social Fantastic news! I hope to follow in your footsteps!

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     Nicolas Dufour (nrdufour@gardenstate.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 22:18:41 JST Nicolas Dufour

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     @_elena congratulations :) 🎉 this is the best way to taste the water !

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     elbullazul (elbullazul@social.elbullazul.com)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 22:35:50 JST elbullazul

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     @_elena nicely done! And good luck on your self-hosting journey

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     Jennifer (jennifer@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 03:12:35 JST Jennifer

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     • Elena Rossini

     @_elena @ele I love this so much! I never do New Year resolutions, but I like the idea of four year goals.

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     wakest ⁂ (liaizon@social.wake.st)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 03:15:13 JST wakest ⁂

     • Richard MacManus

     @_elena @ricmac You are doing amazing work, so glad you are team fedi!

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     GualT-Rex :unverified: (gualtrex@mastodon.uno)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 03:15:55 JST GualT-Rex :unverified:

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     @_elena great! Ti stimo 😎😊

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     Chris :damnified: (totenlegionchris@metalhead.club)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 17:09:45 JST Chris :damnified:

     • mkj

     @_elena @mkj @st3fan Wish you luck and know an admin is mostly one toot away ;)

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     cpsask (cpsask@techhub.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 17:46:53 JST cpsask

     • mkj

     @st3fan @mkj @_elena You got this!

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     EloPup (elopup@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 21:47:37 JST EloPup

     • mkj

     @_elena @mkj @st3fan 🤞🏻 good luck!

     Also know that all the newbies out there switching into the Fediverse appreciate that you explore and document everything from scratch :) 👍🏻.
     So it really helps ppl (including me) :)!

     You can do it ✊🏻

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     François Galea (zerkman@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 12:53:32 JST François Galea

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena @yunohost YunoHost really seems to be a great project.
     I did not know about its existence when I set up my server on my Raspberry Pi at home, but I'd definitely consider testing it on a new setup or recommending it to others.

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 19:42:33 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     My self-hosted instance (thank you #YunoHost and #GoToSocial) is giving me so much joy! ✨

     I haven't had much time to properly set it up because Christmas family celebrations got in the way, but I'm finally starting to tinker with it and it's SOOO COOL.

     I'm currently at the stage of setting up my own custom emojis 💁♀️

     My husband checks in every once in a while, asking: "what are you up to, geeking out?" and I invariably reply "yes", smiling from ear to ear.

     #selfhosting #MySoCalledSudoLife

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     Allie (als@alico.nexus)'s status on Saturday, 28-Dec-2024 00:33:02 JST Allie

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena@mastodon.social @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr I set up my old server yesterday in my hallway and yunohost is perfect for ppl like me who kinda know what they're doing but not really 😅

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     Michael Mathy (michaelmathy@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 28-Dec-2024 00:36:50 JST Michael Mathy

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     @_elena will you also self host your mail ?

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 18:01:41 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     • Chee Aun 🤔

     #Selfhosting day 12 - progress update 📰

     I'm now running the incredible #Phanpy on my server. I plan to use it as the web client for my #GoToSocial instance.

     It was a super easy, 1-click install with #YunoHost. It took maybe 2 minutes to set up (create a subdomain, add app).

     ℹ️ Typical resource usage: 10M RAM, 15M disk (so light!)

     🙏 thank you @cheeaun for your incredible work on this!

     #MySoCalledSudoLife

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     ralf warümme tauscher (derralf@friends.librescrum.org)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 19:11:20 JST ralf warümme tauscher

     @_elena selfhosted yes, but ivory doesnt support gts it seems. and its non-free software ;)

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     Jiri Rybar (jirirbr@mastodonczech.cz)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 20:39:03 JST Jiri Rybar

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     • Nordnick :verified:

     @nick @_elena They don’t support servers which have statuses/posts as other than numerical ids. They say it’s because it’s based on their past Twitter app (Tweetbot) and would require a major rework. :(

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     Nordnick :verified: (nick@norden.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 20:39:04 JST Nordnick :verified:

     @_elena

     Looks like it checks for the software type of the instance...?!?

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     Kadsepfösch (glatorius@troet.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 21:49:27 JST Kadsepfösch

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     @_elena I might have to look into yunohost myself somewhen next year. *-*
     Sound helpful!

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     Nicolas Dufour (nrdufour@gardenstate.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 23:46:48 JST Nicolas Dufour

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     @_elena Very cool :) ! I used yunohost for quite some time in the past. It's excellent for single host.

     Oh, do they provide a backup solution with it as well ?

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 23:52:58 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     • Nicolas Dufour

     @nrdufour I haven’t really investigated but I think they may have an (external) app for that. I remember seeing Borg listed… will definitely take care of automatic backups soon.

     My VPS host provides weekly backups and for 2.99/month I could also do daily ones

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     Nicolas Dufour (nrdufour@gardenstate.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 23:52:59 JST Nicolas Dufour

     @_elena hmm, that can be a trouble. I wonder if there is an app to install for that.

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     EverlastingOS (everlastingos@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 16:04:58 JST EverlastingOS

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     • YunoHost :neopossum_box:

     @_elena @yunohost yunohost rocks! So easy, but some apps are broken or dont get updates, but I'm using it everyday :)!