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Street­Complete: An app for those who want to contribute to OpenStreetMap in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

Mapping with this app is a lot of fun! Sometimes I just go for a walk and open up StreetComplete to see if I can add some small contributions, like the opening hours of some nearby establishment or whether a given entity is still at the location.

You can also customize what kind of questions are shown so you can skip on things you may not like.

Hardware recommendation for low-budget, low-consumption OpenBSD server/router/reverse proxy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tips and your measurements!

Google (search engine) alternatives? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have previously tried selfhosting searX with varying results

Hardware recommendation for low-budget, low-consumption OpenBSD server/router/reverse proxy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know of protectli, but I wouldn’t consider it a low-budget option. I mean it is reasonably cheap, but I was hoping I could get away with some much cheaper used hardware.

Hardware recommendation for low-budget, low-consumption OpenBSD server/router/reverse proxy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, never heard of Zimaboard, sounds interesting

Hardware recommendation for low-budget, low-consumption OpenBSD server/router/reverse proxy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for these insights! Gigabit is of secondary priority at the moment, just a nice to have. Maybe in the future I would break things up even more and have a dedicated firewall with minimal resources, then this machine I am planning on getting now would be a dedicated OpenBSD based server for proxying, load balancing, etc (basically everything I can do easily on OpenBSD without docker) and finally I would also have a stronger box for several docker services.

Hardware recommendation for low-budget, low-consumption OpenBSD server/router/reverse proxy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t there generally be a significant power draw difference between an SFF and a smaller (micro, mini, SBC…) machine?

Hardware recommendation for low-budget, low-consumption OpenBSD server/router/reverse proxy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thanks, I haven’t considered ThinkCentres much yet. I should have mentioned that I am located in Central Europe, so I am a bit more limited on options where I can get hardware. I am a bit worried about shipping costs when ordering from abroad.

I found an offer for an M700 tiny with an i5-6500T, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and an SSD included, for €120. Is that in a similar ballpark as the M720q you mentioned?

Honestly, I don't think I am likely to find 8th gen i5 boxes in my area (haven't seen any adverts so far).

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Hardware recommendation for low-budget, low-consumption OpenBSD server/router/reverse proxy (lemmy.bp99.eu)
 

At the moment, I am using a single Dell Optiplex 7010 box as a multipurpose server: it runs OpenBSD and a lot of its base applications (relayd for reverse proxying, httpd as a HTTP server, pf as a firewall, etc) and some from the ports tree (like nsd for an authoritative NS, unbound for LAN DNS, …). It also runs a single Alpine VM inside that in turn hosts some dockerized apps (like Lemmy :-))

This setup is suboptimal, as OpenBSD's virtualization support is still in its early stages, so I wanted to make a defining change: move OpenBSD + all base stuff to a separate 'firewall' box and dedicate my 7010 to be a docker host (probably installing alpine linux directly).

My question is: what hardware can you recommend for the OpenBSD box? I would want something with low power consumption. It does not have to be beefy, most of the resource-hungry stuff will probably be on the docker box. One thing though: it would be nice to be able to handle gigabit network throughput for the future.

I have been looking at APU2 boards, Raspbery Pi 4B (I am not sure about the OpenBSD support, though), Intel NUCs, and also Dell Optiplex micros and minis. It would be great to get away with a budget below €100. Thanks in advance for any insight!

Help me with an email provider! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have used mailbox.org before migrating to my own server. Pretty solid.

My coffee station in c/[email protected]
what phones are you all using? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pixel 7 for GrapheneOS

Favorite Brew Method in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I like my Chemex. Saving up to buy a used Gaggia classic

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