Honest quetion, what’s a stan account?

I think you’ll be plenty happy with a router/wifi combo. I’m a HUGE fan of having a separate router and WiFi AP’s, but that’s only because 1) I can afford it, and 2) I’m a nerd and like a bit of a challenge sometimes, and 3) I live in a house and it’s beneficial to have multiple access points.

If you want something that will “just work”, there are tons of “consumer grade” stuff out there. They aren’t necessarily consumer grade because they are bad quality, but it’s more the software that is designed to be relatively easy to set up, offering limited options for customized stuff. You’ll still be able to do everything you probably want to do, like port forwarding, changing DNS, etc. This includes stuff like Eero, TP Link, etc.

Then you have stuff like MikroTik, which is very affordable but also complex and capable. The hAP series from them are router/wifi combos. They offer a default configuration that will “just work”, but from there you can make all sorts of complex configuration changes to your hearts content. Check out The Network Berg on YouTube. One thing to note, people are generally happy with the WiFi from 'Tik devices, but they are not known for having the best WiFi. It’ll be stable and work well, but you might not see speeds on par with other brands.

Then you have what you mentioned - OpnSense with other hardware for WiFi. For me, the downsides to this are:

1. Running dedicated hardware just for this is a waste of electricity.
2. Whatever you plan on running it on likely only has 1 ethernet port, so now you’re spending money on a networking card. There may be a way to run it using a single eth port, in which case you can ignore this I guess.
3. If you already have a computer on 24/7 for other stuff, you just have reliability to think about. If you have a hardware failure, for me it’s faster to replace a router than an entire computer. The likelihood of needing to replace either one is slim, but it’s something I consider. Picture this - you update your computer and need to reboot it. It fails to boot after the update and gives you some error messages, but you can’t look them up because your router is down… That sort of thing.

Now back to the pros and cons of having separate router and WiFi AP.

Pros:

1. Can upgrade either one individually
2. Can run multiple APs to extend WiFi coverage
3. Can choose brands based on their reputation. For example (don’t take my word on this) MikroTik for router, Unifi for WiFi.
4. Scratches the nerd itch.

Cons:

1. If you use different vendors, you’ll have different configuration options to deal with. OpnSense can’t configure a TP-Link AP, for example.
2. Adds some complexity. Now you’re dealing with more ethernet cable, PoE injectors, and mounting of the AP.

Hope that helps.

I was about to say “of course you can trust it, it’s from The Internet Archive”, but the ArchiveTeam slogan is “We Are Going To Rescue Your Shit”. Now I wonder if they’re officially affiliated or not.

Oh wow. Weird that it defaults to off.

Holy cow. You can use your mouse with micro. Amazing.

I don’t have a tech background. Currently hosting 25 different things in docker. I wonder if there are actually more non-tech people who do it, because tech industry people might want to take a break in their off time.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Might be better to install it through Obtanium by adding this link https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager

I’m doing this with Immich as the photo storage software, MagicMirror OS on a raspberry pi, and the MMM-ImmichSlideShow module to show the pictures on an old computer monitor.

If you’re new to self hosting stuff, this will be sort of difficult to get set up. If you’re comfortable with the command line, config files, docker, etc, then it’s worth the effort.

UltraViolet almost let you do this, but of course there was all sorts of proprietary fuckery to deal with. They shut down in 2019.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraViolet_(website)

I recommend just getting either:

1. A cheap prebuilt desktop computer, or
2. Build yourself a computer

It doesn’t have to be a “server”.

That review started off promising, but then the guy starts selling it. Boo.

It definitely sounds easier, in that case.

Yeah, I suppose. I wonder how long it would take me to find out how to do that, assuming I don’t give up first.

Then again, I don’t even know what swaywm is, so maybe on other types of Linux it would be easier?

Same. I still keep portainer around in case I want to browse/manage images and networks from a GUI, though.

Dockge makes it so much easier to update things, though.

A kernel flatpak? That’d be interesting.

Good point about the reviews. I forgot about that part.

I’m a fan of the Flatpak trend. The latest version of Linux Mint has some interesting additions to how things are presented, as far as “verified” and “not verified”. Basically their app installer program lets you know if a particular Flatpak should be treated with caution, sort of like downloading a random .exe with Windows.

I recently installed Manjaro with KDE Plasma, and I’d like an easier way of getting Flatpaks out of the box with it. Their solution is to install Discover alongside their own app installer. So now I have two different GUI programs to open if I want to research something to install.

I don’t plan on being back at the hospital for a while, so I guess we’ll never find out!

I use a wildcard certificate, I wonder how common that is? That might be something they block, but yeah… I wonder why.

This quote is hilarious.

CSC probably has a record of someone opening up the machine. “My personal stance on that is suck my diiiiiiiick, but feel free to perform your own risk assessment,” Orlitzky writes.