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   Matthew Garrett (mjg59@nondeterministic.computer)'s status on Friday, 08-May-2026 01:18:51 JST Matthew Garrett

   The downside of full-on self-hosting is, of course, that your server will inevitably choose to have weird hardware issues while you're in another country

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 08-May-2026 01:18:50 JST 翠星石

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     @mjg59 Shouldn't have run proprietary software (I haven't had weird hardware issues on a server that runs 100% free software for years now).
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 08-May-2026 01:50:12 JST 翠星石

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     @mjg59 My active storage is mostly on a RAMdisk and the RAMinit is free software.
     
     GNU/SSD Soon™ (just store everything on 128GB of DDR3 ECC LRDIMM with enough battery backup to outlast flash).
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     Matthew Garrett (mjg59@nondeterministic.computer)'s status on Friday, 08-May-2026 01:50:13 JST Matthew Garrett

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     @Suiseiseki your storage is on a device that runs free software? I would like to learn more.