Notices by Root Moose (chris@root.moose.ca)

Why is Debian the way it is?

https://blog.liw.fi/posts/2023/debian-reasons/

#Debian #Linux #SOHO #HomeLab #selfhosting

@alatartheblue @silverwizard @rl_dane Bunch a thoughts to unpack and I'm not going to bother being boring to make the case.

I think we are at the point where we need to stop referring to the operating system "Linux" and actually call operating systems what they are and give them their due.

Debian OS
Mint OS
Elementary OS
Arch OS
Alpine OS
Solus OS

etc., etc.

We know this is already technically correct but in wider conversation it is not the norm.

Related to systemd, this would further abstract it away perhaps. Today using the term Linux infers systemd but specific operating system references due not infer systemd.

FWIW, I don't have a huge 'hate on' for systemd or whatever. I see it's utility.

@theonezero @stefano Reminds me of an old joke:

Q: what's the difference between a used car salesman and computer salesman?

A: The used car salesman knows he's lying.

If you don't know any better it is easier to appear sincere. It's up to us techies to call sales on their total bullshit at every layer, simple or complex.

What are all the kool kids using for infrastructure automation these days? Ansible, puppet, terraform, something else?

Only really interested in foss/floss solutions. The less 'corporate' the better.

#iac #ansible #puppet #chef #foss #floss #infrastructure #homelab #soho #cloud

@chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com IIRC you can't change the domain. Mastodon's identity is locked to the domain name.

When I decided to 'commit' to Mastodon I went through a similar process and ended up changing domains as part of that.

What you can do though is treat it as your user moving from one instance to another. Your follows and follower can be migrated to the new server and you can leave a "bread crumb" trail behind for your followers if you leave the old domain up and running. I did this and left the old server running for a month or so IIRC.

You can't migrate your past posts, and I think this is a functionality that most people would like when migrating. It could effectively 'solve' the changing the domain name thing.

I can't remember, perhaps it was snac or pelorma that had a migration script that migrated everything including posts. This could work but then you would be on a different platform from Mastodon. That may or may not matter to you. For me I'm content to stay with Mastodon for now as I expect there will be 'new and exciting' federation features in the future that other apps may find difficulty implementing.

I suppose you could hack together your own posts migration script. I have no idea how complicated the schema is to tease out how to do it though.

HTH

Friends, what #email client are you running on #Linux these days?

I've been running #Thunderbird since... the beginning?

The last few weeks I've tried a few other clients. #Evolution is decent but the GUI is stuck in the past, rough edges, clunky.

#Geary is ok. More modern but a little simplistic and I can't seem to find a way to disable threading (do not like). Graphically slow as well it seems.

What graphical client are you using that you like? What is it that you like about it?

Boost?

1/3

While the #fediverse is great, the ephemeral nature of it is does not give a sense of content stability (IMO).

Integrating websites may provide a way to add long form value and future availability whilst offloading even more content and data from the privacy-invasive commercial tech giants over the long term.

#datasovereignty #privacy #techgiant

Here is a topic I want to tear into in the coming week or so:

https://maho.dev/2024/02/bringing-your-site-to-the-fediverse-a-practical-guide-for-static-sites-part-1/