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Homelab Organization by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I may have to check out BookStack. I dig the looks of it.

Homelab Organization by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I appreciate that mentality though. When things break, if your understanding of your setup is there, it's less to deal with.

I am forgoing the Portainer route this time. I am going to strictly use Docker Compose for my containers. I had too many issues with Portainer to consider using it.

For reverse proxy, I just need/want it for simple ip:port to sub.domain.lan type addresses locally. Anything I need outside of my home will be tunneled through wireguard.

I always quite liked Dozzle. It was handy, and has helped me comb through logs in the past.

Homelab Organization by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I think Traefik is going to be what I investigate using. However the last time I tried, I was a little lost. I will have to comb over the documentation better this time.

Homelab Organization by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I think I am going down the docker compose route. When I started using docker, I didn't use compose, however, now I plan to. Though, Ansible has been on my list of things to learn, as well as nixOS.

Homelab Organization by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Thank you for the suggestion. The fact that it's FOSS wins my vote. I have been trying to go all open source where possible.

Homelab Organization by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I think I need to utilize this strategy because I get lazy and don't update external documentation.

UFW and a Windows KVM with Virt-Manager by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

It was able to get an IP, and I was able to get smb access, but for some reason still won't allow me to open a web browser and browse, or pull windows updates.

I may have to play around with what is allowed through UFW a bit yet.

Completely unrelated, but on my Wireguard/PiHole server I setup this weekend I did get a bit more familiarized with UFW and how that works a bit better. So with that fresh new experience for me I think I may have a few ideas on how to accomplish this.

And thank you again!

I will check again later tonight when I am back to my desktop.

Though I think another project I am going to do is instead of using a qcow2 image for my windows installation I am going to experiment with using a dedicated SSD for my windows installl to keep it out of my BTRFS snapshots, and hopefully have a bit better performance. As well as I might install my second GPU for GPU passthrough.

Synchronizing user (files, configs, etc) between 2 machines by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

This interests me. I may have to check this one out specifically for my configuration files. And I will definitely go the self hosting route if I do this. Thank you!

FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago

"Verizon agrees that the FCC should consider the merits and trade-offs of handset unlocking requirements," Verizon spokesperson Rich Young told The Register, though that support is conditional.

Screw verizon with an acid covered cactus. What possible "merits" are there to locking a device down for anyone but the companies selling the phones? Rich Young can go kick rocks.

I will not buy a phone through a carrier, I will not buy a phone with a locked bootloader. Period.

I am done with anticonsumer bullshit.

To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules. by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

Saying you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you don't have anything to say.

The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016) by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 61 points 3 weeks ago

I am by no means top at anything I do with a computer, but I do find it said that I tend to know more than almost anyone I interact with in real life when it comes to using computers.

For the most part the way I became proficient with a computer has come down to reading comprehension. I would like to see studies showing the overlap of computer proficiency, and reading comprehension.

Got tracked down for my school reunion by Hellmo_Luciferrari in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago

I would fully like to erase my online presence. I dont want people seeking me out.

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Follow-up to installing Arch (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

18 comments fedilink

So, I am making the switch to using Arch full time instead of Windows.

Here is the rundown:

I have windows installed on one NVME and installed Arch on another NVME. After installing Arch on the one drive, and rebooting Arch hung at loading initial ramdisk. It never completed, I force shutdown my PC.

I went back into bios, and there wasn't an entry for my Arch drive whatsoever.

In fact, before this happened I had all bootable drives go missing from within my bios.

So, after the reboot, I left the boot options default, and it did in fact boot to windows.

Other potentially important details:

I used archinstall rather than walking through manually.

UEFI

Secureboot off

GRUB bootloader

Unified Kernel Images on

Luks encrypted BTRFS partitions

Audio Pipewire

Kernels: Linux and Linux-Zen

Network Manager

Hardware:

CPU: i7-12700KF

Motherboard: TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4

GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3

RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE® RGB PRO 16GB (x4)

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT 1000W

Drives: 1tb WD Black SN750 (Drive intended for Arch to be installed on)

1tb Samsung 980 Pro (Drive windows is installed on)

2tb Samsung 980 Pro (separate data drive)

Should I remove my windows drive while installing Arch on another drive?

Rather, what would be the best approach to this?

Could anyone provide any help regarding this?

Edit: More details

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2024 Is the year I will commit to ditching windows (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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2024 will be the year I finally be the year I ditch windows.

I am not exactly new to linux, yet I am far from an expert. I made my journey over the years form trying Ubuntu (many many major revisions ago) and have found myself down the rabbit hole of going Arch. I run Arch with KDE on my laptop. I want to fully ditch Windows on my desktop, however I feel this will be a much bigger hurdle to overcome.

Build Specs: i7-12700KF Copper Modded EVGA RTX 3090 64gb of 3600mhz DDR4 ASUS Tuf Z690 Wifi D4

I could go into more detail about my specs, but the specs aren't what has made this journey a bit tougher. I use a Line 6 Helix and a Line 6 PowerCab 112+ and both have usb connections to my computer for integration with, you guessed it; windows or mac software only. Now I don't have a problem running wine, and a number of other solutions to run windows programs, I do however have a gap in knowledge in order to try to use these specific programs with specific USB peripherals.

Now, I am not sure if this is the best way, but I had heard the idea of USB passthrough. And I have no clue where to begin with that. Would this be the direction I should be going for programs such as those?

The only other software that I am going to struggle replacing is the RGB lighting software for all of my hardware. Most of it is corsair (Fans, RAM, Water Cooler, and plugins for the asus motherboard.) And my Steeleseries keyboard which uses GG.

I have looked into using OpenRGB but I was unable to figure out how to get those setup as it wasn't as plug and play as the manufacturer software, but understandably of course.

The absolute biggest hurdles is my Nvidia problem. I have always had issues with Nvidia on Arch. I would gladly take an suggestion. For reference, I would be using this mainly for my gaming. I occasionally dabble in Stable Diffusion.

I will be running Arch with KDE preferably, but every single time I have had issues.

I suppose any feedback anyone may have would be helpful.

Checklist of things I need to get working on in Arch, any help would be welcomed:

Helix Guitar pedal and PowerCab 112+ (USB Passthrough or any other alternatives people may suggest)
RGB for SteeleSeries Apex Pro (GG software on windows, open to alternatives)
RGB for Corsair (iQue on windows, open to alternatives)
Nvidia Drivers