Imagine the "Freax Foundation." 😆

#linux

Worth repeating: Claims of "AI" democratizing anything (coding, creative endeavors, etc) are always BS. The thing locking out people from doing that is not having the time/resources.

You want to democratize coding/art/creativity? Give people paid time off to do it and access to infrastructure. Easy.

A frustrating thing I saw online recently-- a layperson switched to Linux Mint and commented that it was frustrating to use and lackluster, given the amount of work that went into installing it. An experienced linux user was one of the first to chime in with <a wall of text explaining why, actually, you're wrong, it's not frustrating>

With all the Windows nonsense, regular people are making the effort to install a new OS, a task which the vast majority of people have never had to do and don't have the existing skillset for. Keep in mind xkcd.com/2501 here.

Instead of telling them they are wrong, that it's not frustrating (even though they are frustrated by it), either ignore or try to help. I'd think these were bots from Apple trying to capture any of the Windows==>Linux people by being jackasses to them on behalf of the Linux community, but this has been a stereotype of a Linux user for a long time.

- do you want to use google to sign in?
- do you want to add a passkey?
- do you want to add a 2FA token?
- we know you have 2FA but we've sent you an email instead
- this login attempt seems suspicious we've sent you a text about it
- can you click on these buses?
- you failed to click on the buses click on these bicycles instead
- should we save these details for next time?
- do you accept these trackers?
- you can opt out but we've decided it's legitimate interest anyway
- would you like to see a list of our 847 partners we share your data with?
- can we send you desktop notifications?
- can we access your location?
- do you want 10% off for signing up to the mailing list?
- do you want me to translate this page?
- hi I'm your friendly chatbot how can I help?
- oh no you can't buy this, reach out to us for a quote!
- do you want—

I'm tired boss

@CodeMacLife I self host everything, and have done email since 1999. You are going in exactly the right order. Storage is definitely the easiest thing to get started with. Email is dead last in the list of things to self host. if you ever get to it at all. Try doing some storage and see how it goes. See if you enjoy it.

Things to look into: Nextcloud, truenas, or even just buying a synology device.

You don’t have to build the device from parts and install the OS yourself. If the data is under your roof and you’re running the equipment yourself, you’re #selfhosting.

Immich is the real deal for photo management.

Face recognition, map view, timeline, mobile auto-upload, shared albums, machine learning-powered search. It's the closest self-hosted equivalent to Google Photos.

Docker Compose with PostgreSQL backend. Active development with monthly releases. 50k+ GitHub stars.

If you self-host one thing this year, make it your photo library.

#selfhosted #immich #photos #googlealternative #homelab #docker #foss #privacy #opensource