Oh what a day!
Earlier today I managed to communicate via mesh networks with my friend @stereo in Germany... some 400+ km away.
It only took 6 hops... the third one in the chain was the iconic Jungfraujoch radio relay station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfraujoch_radio_relay_station).
So exciting!
I can't thank Ralf enough for his help with this... I would have been completely lost without his guidance.
Let the fun mesh adventures begin!
Forget trad wives, the new influencer trend should be #NerdWives.
"Hey honey, I turned our old computer into a server so I could set up a #fediverse instance for our child and her friends."
"Hey all, today I am showing you #NextCloud as an alternative to #Dropbox and #GoogleDrive."
"Get ready with me! Today I am showing you how I check in with my friends with off-grid mesh radio first thing in the morning."
How awesome would this be? I mean, finally a trend where people LEARN SOMETHING and are more empowered as a result.
(Forever grateful to my Fedi friends for all the inspiration and encouragement in trying new tools) ❤️
👩🏻💻 my so-called sudo life - day 490: #KindleJailbreak edition 🆓
Regarding yesterday's post on the Kindle jailbreak: it is SO WORTH it.
I hope I didn't discourage anyone by saying how much I struggled with it. Well, I had a 15 YEAR OLD device and the online tutorials didn't work with it. I finally managed to install KUAL after finding a Reddit thread that gave step-by-step advice for the Kindle 4 gen.
I was really bummed that highlighting didn't work for it so I bit the bullet and got my hands on the cheapest e-reader I could find yesterday: a Kindle 11 gen with ads.
Mind you, I'm in the Italian countryside at the moment and it's a miracle they had it in stock at my local superstore. I would have preferred a Kobo but it is what it is.
Jailbreaking a recent Kindle is child's play. I was happy to see that it was not on the latest firmware, so it was easily jailbreakable.
So:
took a little over an hour. Easy peasy.
The backlight was great at 2:30am (I was woken up by my child coughing and couldn't easily fall back asleep). Very happy that I can do highlights in KOreader and now the ultimate test is how I can transfer the highlights to my computer / Calibre.
If you're on the fence, I'd say, go for it. This is the excellent guide I used: https://kindlemodding.org
For inspo: look up #KOreader and #SimpleUI homepages to realize what you could do
👩🏻💻 my so-called sudo life - day 489: new experiments edition 🧪
A blog post that chronicles what I have been up to since December... namely: advocating for the Fediverse, creating #selfhosting guides for newbies and experimenting with e-reader jailbreaks and off-grid mesh radio communications
#MySoCalledSudoLife #KindleJailbreak #KOreader #SimpleUI #meshtastic #blog #tech #resistance
A blog post that chronicles what I have been up to since December... namely: advocating for the Fediverse, creating self-hosting guides for newbies and experimenting with e-reader jailbreaks and off-grid mesh radio communications
👩💻 My So Called Sudo Life: Jailbroken Kindle x Windows edition 
I just used a Windows PC for the first time in 20 years possibly?
Long story short, I typically manage my Kindle 4's contents with a Macbook Air from 2013 that still works wonderfully.
But! The old Air stayed behind in Paris, as I just arrived at my parents' in Italy with my Macbook Air M4. And the Kindle would not mount on it, no matter what I tried (even checking USB connections in Terminal). Last resort: I asked my parents if I could use their PC.
Dad got upset because with the first micro USB cable the computer wouldn't recognize my Kindle... so he launched #copilotai looking for help and I literally screamed "Nooooo I don't want any of that, quit quit quit immediately."
A different cable did the trick, I installed an earlier version of KOreader and it seems to be better... but the books aren't rendering yet, they're all gibberish, so I may have to install Calibre on my parents' PC and re-convert all the books.
Why going through so many hassles? Did you ever see how gorgeous Simple UI is for KOreader? A total game changer.
Sorry for the GitHub link, but it's either this or Reddit or YouTube, so choosing the "lesser evil" (debatable, I know):
🔗: https://github.com/doctorhetfield-cmd/simpleui.koplugin
I'll share photos as soon as I get it to work... it already took me upwards of 6 hours to get KUAL and koreader to install on my ancient Kindle. Nobody is stopping me now, I'm super super motivated to get it to work 😅
#MySoCalledSudoLife #NoAI #Microslop #Kindle #KindleJailbreak #koReader #SimpleUI
A highly customizable UI plugin for KOReader that features a home screen, bottom navigation bar, top bar and desktop modules/widgets. - doctorhetfield-cmd/simpleui.koplugin
A very #MySoCalledSudoLife day. This morning I:
Created my first cron job (I will look into systemd timers this weekend, just in case)
I bought a Heltec v3 kit - so I can try off-grid mesh communication when I'm at my parents' in Italy later this month
Thanks for all your help and advice with cron jobs! I really appreciate 🙏
About to create my first cron job. Wish me luck! 😅
#AskFedi: is there a script / way to automate the restart of dnsmasq every 24 hours… on a VPS that runs on Debian 12?
(Funny how this would have sounded like a foreign language to me a mere year ago) 😆
Update: THANK YOU for the cronjob recommendation. Now looking for a tutorial that’s easy to follow for a newbie like me 😅
I really appreciate all the advice, YOU’RE THE BEST 🏆
Oh happy day!
First time in a week I can use GoToSocial without restarting dnsmasq 🥳
This is not at all a problem with GoToSocial (to be clear I LOVE it and have zero complaints). It was just a matter of increasing dns-forward-max from 150 to 300.
The #YunoHost Forum is always a fantastic place to find solutions. 
recommended, thank you @yunohost 
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What app is this about, and its version: GoToSocial 0.21.2~ynh1 What YunoHost version are you running: 12.1.39 What type of hardware are you using: VPS bought online Describe your issue Last week I ran a few app upgrades (GoToSocial, NextCloud and PeerTube) and the PeerTube one was botched. Backups didn’t work, so I had to revert back to a VPS snapshot. Since then, everything has been working fine except for my GoToSocial. I basically need to restart dnsmasq every morning if I want to use it. ...
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