Episode 217
Self Hosting Photos
January 27th, 2021
56 mins 18 secs
Your Host
About this Episode
With all the changes Google is making there's never been a better time to to self host your own stuff! This week we dive into replacing Google Photos!
-- During The Show --
00:45 Minutes In
Email 1 - Setting up Federated service instance - Brian
What decentralized services could you support using a $5 Droplet or similar virtual server?
It is never be set and forget
Built in backups are good but don't rely on them
What can run on a $5 DO Droplet
No - Peertube needs more resources
Yes - Mastodon can run, might want more resources
Sorta - Matrix could but really should have more resources
Yes - Tor relay works really well
Yes - VPN node works really wellBest practice to run each service on its own VPS
06:50 Minutes In
Email 2 - USB WiFi 5 or 6 Dongle? - Cory
- All Plugable gear is great
08:55 Minutes In
Email 3 - Suggestion for Chat programs - Charlie
- XMPP Best Prior to matrix
- XMPP Functionality is dependant on add-ons
XMPP Slow or a battery hog
Delta Chat - chat over email back-end
Luke Smith has good video on his peertube server explaining how to setup a email server over at
Link 1
bitchute linkPS If anyone is looking for cheap VPS providers, I recommend checking out Low End Box Community forum
13:00 Minutes In
Email 4 - Linux Jobs? - Matt
Focus on skills not certs
Be willing to work for less or free
If you want to go the route of certifications
Linux Essentials (010-160) USD 120.00
LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 (101-500, 102-500, 201-450, 202-450) USD 200.00
https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/lpic-1-overview
18:15 Minutes In
Pick of the Week
All your chats in one place
Uses matrix on the back-end
21:30 Minutes In
Gadget of the Week
Use any device with web browser as second screen for your computer (using Display Dummy Plug)
Works accross WiFi or LAN
Supports multiple screen sharing sessions to as many devices as you want
Supports changing picture quality while sharing a screen.
Picture auto quality change supported. (for performance boost while watching youtube video for example)
End-to-end encryption
Dark mode UI support!
Available for Windows / Mac / Linux
24:30 Minutes In
Kickstarter for Solo Key V2
Reversible connector for both USB-A and USB-C
Touch buttons
NFC
Firmware Upgrades
Supports advanced authentication, PIV (FIPS 201)
Each device comes with both a P256 and Ed25519 attestation certificate
30:15 Minutes In
Mobian Community Edition
Posh gnome UX for phones (Originally developed for Purism Libre 5)
Setup Process allows you to set your user password and setup full disk encryption
33:15 Minutes In
Beagle Five
Opensource/No patents Single Board Computer
Source code for it is available under a BSD license
Built around a dual-core 1.5 GHz StarFive SiFive U74 processor with 2MB L2 cache
A neural engine for hardware-accelerated computing
video decoder/encoder able to handle 4K 60 FPS video decoding.
HDMI out port (30fps 1080p)
4 regular USB 3.0 ports
ethernet
audio
microSD card slot
USB Type-C port for power
Integrated Wi-Fi 2.4GHz b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.2
40-pin GPIO connector
2 MIPI-CSI connectors (camera connector)
MIPI-DSI connector (display connector)
Only the $149 8GB model (sans GPU) is available right now
You currently have to sign up for the chance to buy the BeagleV
35:50 Minutes In
JingOS
UX designed for tablets
JingOS is based on Ubuntu 20.04, KDE v5.75, Plasma Mobile 5.20
They will replace the framework from Plasma Mobile to JDE(Jing Desktop Environment) later this year.
Trackpad Gestures
Full Function Desktop Apps
37:55 Minutes In
Main Segment
Microsoft switched their edge browser to be based on Chrome
Current browser market share:
Chrome = 69.28%
Edge = 7.75%
Safari = 19%
Firefox = 03%
Samsung = 03%
Opera = 02%
One company controlling this much of the browser market is bad
Google is discontinuing API access
Nothing changes for you if you don't sign in now
Google is holding firm and is misleading in their marketing announcements
Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera and others have their own sync systems
Google is killing unlimited google photos
Best model is Free Trial>Paid Hosting or Self Hosted
PiwiGo checks all the boxes
[Piwigo Software Project](piwigo.org)
[Piwigo Service Provider](piwigo.com)
- 1yr / €39 / $47 / yr
- Unlimited Storage
- Photos Only
- No Ads
Give you a custom domain
Business Plans
50G / €45
All file types
€250 / 1TB
From the Piwigo privacy policy:
"Piwigo.com business model relies on subscriptions from clients. Personal data we store (such as email address in order to contact you or IP address for technical reason) are never used outside the hosting service operations. Your data are never sold or exchanged with any partner. Never."
- Multiple accounts in one application
- Extentions System
53:00 Minutes In
Caller - Jared
- Thompson Reuters Workpapers CS
- Needs SQL server
- Error messages keep changing
- Maybe help getting SQL going on Linux
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