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I currently don't have much time to put into hobbies, but I did some gardening/landscaping during a break in the rain last weekend. Felt great to get out and move around. Garden finally is put to bed for the winter (or what's left of it).

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Selfhosting via local servers is my fav thing recently. Learning Linux, file management, safe backups, how to host services privately and publically, FOSS and free alternatives to normal everyday software. The list of benefits go on

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This is the most Lemmy answer possible lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

True, that is why I’m here. I don’t care about the Reddit api nonsense or hate Reddit just saw a comment asking why the Donald could selfhost but not selfhosting selfhost

[–] grue 3 points 3 weeks ago

Reminds me of a year and a half ago when !selfhosted was the biggest/most active community (or close to it).

[–] Bitswap 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Nice. Yeah, I do that a bit. I've got some media services like plex, jellyfin and calibre. I run Caddy for reverse proxy. I've got immich for photos. Nextcloud for files. A couple websites.

I've been looking for a good FOSS budget tracker...seems like local gnuCash is still the best. Also looking to get a good system for android backups. Currently I just backup photos and files, but it would be cool to do full image backups.

[–] asbestos 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Bitswap 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ha! I have actually come across this before (I believe it was on lemmy), but entirely forgot and never went back to checkout the demo. Thanks for the recommendation!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Might want to take a look at Firefly III. I've tried a bunch and it's the best if you need bank importing imo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing! What’re you using for your websites?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoever down voted you must not realize they're on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I turned votes off on my instance because I find them toxic... case in point I guess.

The whole reason I'm here is because I thought Lemmy makes more sense than Reddit for someone who likes selfhosting :) isn't that the whole point of the fediverse lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, you got a bunch of upvotes and just the one down vote, so I think you're right (only disclosing in case you were worried, won't do it again if I see you around 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Haha, kind of you to be thoughtful like that! :)

It is always hurtful when one gets randomly downvoted or attacked