Category: self-hosted

  • Self-hosted Rabbit Hole

    Well, I’ve had many adventures lately with the server, and I’ll try to document them as much as I can. Recently I spent some time trying to get my Nextcloud instance back up and running (success!), and then decided to add Mastodon. So now I can type little posts to myself, much like how I…

  • Learned Something Odd Yesterday

    TL;DR- Setting up a flatpak of Steam on Manjaro while using Chrome Remote Desktop installs the flatpak with the CRD “gpu” as the default. I am trying to set up a “Steam Deck”-esque experience for our basement TV as a sort of “arcade” for the kids and myself. I’m using Manjaro as the base, to…

  • Well, hmmm

    So, I was able to upgrade the server. I know, I said I wouldn’t, but a deal came up that made it hard to ignore. So now I have a dual-10 core/20 thread setup in a used server chassis. It’s so roomy and nice! And it lit a fire in me to continue to expand.…

  • Gotta temper expectations

    All this server fervor has me browsing used server ads again. I don’t strictly *need* a better server, but I definitely *want* one. I have piles and piles of hdds, but I’m running out of room for them in my current full tower case. I recently had a drive die, so I was in there…

  • FIRST

    I’ve been wanting to set up a place to post random thoughts and whatnot for a while now. Recently, my wife took an interest in designing and selling on Etsy. She wanted a website (KingFamilyCreates.com), and I wanted an excuse to play around with server VMs. Lo and behold, I think I may have finally…