This is one of those times I’m glad I use a dotfiles repo

I made an 8 outlet box with relays connected to each outlet (might post a how to). That’s connected to a Pi via GPIO.

The Pi runs PiKVM, but also has a service that:

• Checks if the router can be pinged
• Checks if the internet can be pinged
• Checks if the router webUI is up

If any of those fail, it toggles the plugs for modem and router.

I run OpnSense on a 5V miniPC. I have a second one and will be setting up CARP, too.

Note: Cellular backup is more involved, but a separate Cellular inbound might not be. I’ve considered putting one on the Pi above.

Debian is basically Ubuntu without Snap.

You can switch. Just sayin.

For the record, WinApps makes menu shortcuts/etc.

Hey, I made that. Fun 😆

Not that I think you need it for this, but a DynDNS implementation would give you a hostname you can dynamically change to your VPN ip, thus solving the SSL host issue.

It you want to try something new that gives you more freedom than the print bed, consider 2020 alluminum extrusion. I’ll be doing a custom enclosed rack with it soon, using the printer to make shelves/containers between beams.

I agree it’s great, but woah.

Nothing says Linux is easier than you think than 23 screens of a guide 😆

My one change: I do SSHFS over LAN, because of guest machines and sniffing potential.

I do NFS on direct wire or on a confidently set up VLAN (maybe).

Samba-Domain is extremely lightweight, surfaces LDAP and AD, and can manage Linux and mac laptops, not just Windows. I wouldnt call it overkill.

Also, restoring single files from a snapshot is simple, I don’t get this? Lastly, of your whole data drive is one dataset in ZFS, you are ZFSing wrong.

Honestly, I’ve had access to tons of Nvidia cards (1050, 1060, 1080, 3070, etc). All of them worked great for gaming whenever I tried in Debian or Ubuntu, using whatever drivers were latest at the time.

The ONLY place I had issue was specific settings (HDR + 120hz over HDMI) in Bazzite. I wanted a new card back then anyway so I got an AMD. But I’ve heard their Nvidia image is great, now.

Before you get too far, consider setting up users with a domain like Samba-Domain. This way you get centralized user management for anything you decide to host alongside it.

Also, ZFS is great for backups.

Are you using/going to use LibreOffice or OnlyOffice? Libre is more popular, but Only was built for web and has better MS compatibility.

I bet this could be used to load balance regional servers with a bit of tweaking. (I made Plex-sync a long time ago for a similar purpose)

“Immutable”: A term to describe Linux operating systems that do not follow the traditional filesystem layout where every single file can be removed by the user with root privileges. It is more nuanced than this in the case of Bazzite, but is still considered “immutable” from the point of view of the extended Linux community. The Bazzite team would not describe Bazzite as an “immutable” operating system.

https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/terms/

I’m a big fan of Bazzite, but as stated in the docs, “immutable” is a term the community uses to describe it.

Education is the key to reducing confusion, not pretending a system architecture doesn’t exist or matter.

Pretend your running a live OS off a read-only USB, yet any changes (app installs, config changes, etc) you make are saved to the HD. A new version of the OS comes out, so you write a new ISO to your USB, and upon booting it, all you changes are applied on top.

This is a simplistic view of immutable distros, but thwy wrk more like snapshots. It allows for rollback. So you install v1, then v2 is a newer snapshot of the base OS, v3 is another, always building.

The catch is they often require apps to run under things like flatpak so you don’t have to alter the OS packages. Personally, I’m not a fan for a daily driver, but it’s great for distros like Bazzite.

Wut? You’re responding to a trend graph for Fedora’s immutable (Atomic) forks.

Built on Fedora’s rpm-ostree system, Bazzite uses an immutable design with atomic updates and rollback functionality.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazzite_(operating_system)

But yes, since the trend chart is showing immutable distros and how Bazzite is growing, I am saying the fact that Bazzite is immutable has nothing to do with it’s growth.

Edit: Reading again, I realize you might not know that Fedora Atomic is the immutable base. 😉

But “being immutable” is not why Bazzite is growing.

All fair. For me, their SSL direction is a good one. Most self-hosters use a central proxy, so why maintain one users just ask to disable.

I do run mine behind a VPN, always will and recommend others do the same.

The upward trend is not because Bazzite is immutable.

Bazzite is not growing because it’s immutable.