In the past few days I’ve seen talk about RAM prices shooting up due to demand from big datacenters.

Today I read that a historic brand like Crucial - I own plenty of their hardware, including SSDs - is dropping consumer products to focus on gear for those same datacenters.
The result (or maybe the intention?) is to push people away from self hosting, undermine the OwnYourData idea and make everyone depend on huge datacenters for life.

So much for owning your data.
So much for decentralisation.

Because taking down one giant datacenter is far easier than taking down thousands or millions of individual nodes.

Friends and colleagues, don’t trade your freedom for a bit of convenience. Once you give it away, getting it back is very hard.

Always Own Your Data.

#OwnYourData #SelfHosting

We lijken eraan gewend dat onze persoonlijke data worden verzameld, opgeslagen, gedeeld en verkocht. Alsof dat normaal is.

Maar het kan anders.

Met het Digitale Soevereiniteit Pakket van YourData Network krijg je:
· Een OwnPhone
· Een eigen Nextcloud (200 GB / 400 GB / 1 TB)
· 5 maanden gratis opslag
· Gratis installatie

Dit is een van de meest impactvolle stappen richting digitale autonomie.

Bekijk het aanbod: https://tinyurl.com/tjayhh74

#privacy #digitalsovereignty #bigtech #ownyourdata

We’ve grown used to our personal data being collected, stored, shared and sold.
As if that’s normal.

But it can be different.

With the Digital Sovereignty Package from YourData Network you get:
· An OwnPhone
· Your own Nextcloud (200 GB / 400 GB / 1 TB)
· 5 months free storage
· Free installation

One of the most impactful steps toward digital autonomy.

View the offer: https://tinyurl.com/tjayhh74
#privacy #digitalsovereignty #bigtech #alternatives #ownyourdata

Why I (still) love Linux

I usually publish articles about how much I love the BSDs or illumos distributions, but today I want to talk about Linux (or, better, GNU/Linux) and why, despite everything, it still holds a place in my heart.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/

#Linux #OwnYourData #Server #SysAdmin #Workstation #OpenSource #ITNotes

Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared

Update: This post has been updated to include Docker benchmarks and a comparison of container overhead versus FreeBSD Jails and illumos Zones.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

#ITNotes #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting

My own made smart thermostat is currently working fine.

My neighbours' isn't.
My old one was impacted by the recent Azure outage.

#OwnYourData

https://itsfoss.com/self-hosting-starting-projects/

5 simple(~ish) tools to start your home-lab or home-server with

- Jellyfin: Your own Netflix
- Kavita: Your own Kindle library
- Nextcloud: Your own Google drive (and more)
- Immich: Your own Google Photos
- Navidrome: Your own Spotify

#SelfHosting #Homelab #OpenSource #Linux #DIYTech #TechStack #ServerSetup #PrivacyFirst #DigitalFreedom #DataProtection #SecureYourData #EncryptEverything #FOSS #DataSovereignty #OwnYourData #InternetFreedom #TechIndependence

Self-hosting your Mastodon media with SeaweedFS

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/06/self-hosting-your-mastodon-media-with-seaweedfs/

#FreeBSD #SeaweedFS #Mastodon #ITNotes #Fediverse #Hosting #OwnYourData #RunBSD