@moderation Question for mods & admins out there - does anyone host their own <whatever> as a sandbox/playground, and what's your architecture for doing this? I want few and invitation-only collaborators to multiple AP-social web applications that we can experiment with as mods/admins as we design and refine community proposals.

Primary needs are:
- Accessible outside the walls of my living room/relatively stable (eg, doesn't go out if the power does, OTOH, I'm making no uptime promises .. 1/?

@johannab

There used to be a number of webhosts in datacentres located in Waterloo Region. Some have consolidated, some have shut down, but there are at least a couple left, used by @kwlug, one for their webhost and one for their BigBlueButton server.

Since you want to do F/LOSS hosting anyway, you could join the KWLUG mailing list ask the question there. They're a pretty knowledgeable crowd.

Edit to add https://kwlug.org/

#WaterlooRegion #FLOSS #WebHosting

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@bobjonkman @kwlug

Oh, very cool, thank you - I've been aware of @kwlug forever, just ... haven't had bandwidth! There are so many connections to make and manage in this ecosystem. 😆

@johannab

If you find some bandwidth today, there's a @kwlug meeting tonight at 7:00pm, in DC 1568 at Davis Centre Library at the University of Waterloo. Also online at https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug Everybody, everywhere is invited!

Details for tonight's meeting is at https://kwlug.org/node/1422

#LinuxUserGroup #LUG #KWLUG #WaterlooRegion

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@bobjonkman @kwlug

Cool, TY! I don't know if I can make it but that's certainly right in my neighbourhood/on the transit line.

@bobjonkman @kwlug looks like I freed up my evening, pending anything else falling out of the sky on me. Hope to see you tonight - I'll be the confused-looking woman with slightly blueish-greying fluffy hair.
@johannab @bobjonkman Sorry to have missed you. (I hope it wasn't the difficulty in finding the room that stopped you from attending?) You are certainly welcome at future KWLUG events, or to participate in our other communities.

@kwlug @bobjonkman

Hi! Sorry, no, it was home life being a bit off the rails and interrupting school and extracurricular life.

I've pencilled in the december meeting, we'll see!

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, December 1 2025, 7pm | KWLUG - Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group

@bobjonkman

Argh, nope, won't be out after all tonight.

wasn't planning on Anaconda Navigator blowing its own brains out just when I needed to get another course module submitted. 😵‍💫

@johannab

I had fully planned on being at the @kwlug meeting tonight, but @radiowaterloo.ca is having its Fall Fundraiser, and some bright spark had the idea of doing an On-Air Fundraiser Special tonight, so I'll be at the studio at 8pm making a pitch for donations and playing some local #KWcontent music.

#CommunityRadio #Fundraising #WaterlooRegion