Aegis Authenticator hits every one of your points. I know because I have the same requirements for a TOTP application.

I also use KeePass for all of my passwords. KeePass can do TOTP, but I prefer that to remain separate.

Hmmm.

Under LMDE7, the HP Spectre does great with the games I’ve thrown at it so far (BeamNG.Drive, Hollow Knight, Factorio, Universe Simulator, Minecraft, etc), but despite exceeding the minimum specs, it really struggled with running anything in RPCS3. Stuttering, frame drops, graphics simply not loading, etc… I ended up writing off RPCS3 in general as “too heavy for a laptop” and tasked my desktop gaming PC as the dedicated PS3 emulator - works great.

Sounds like I might have to give Bazzite a shot again on the HP. I use that laptop for a lot of things, including diagnostics software for my cars, but I also have a perfectly-capable AMD Thinkpad T14 G1 hanging around that needs a purpose, too.

It was Space Engineers 2. Even made a post about the journey.

What was the actual issue you ran into though? I didn’t see it in your post. I believe you, but my curiosity is piqued.

It’s a bit buried in the documentation, but

Frigate summed up perfectly in a single statement.

Wonderful application, awfully convoluted documentation.

I’ve yet to run into major issues with gaming. But I’m curious what issue you ran into that caused the switch to Bazzite? I actually tried Bazzite briefly on my latest laptop acquisition (HP Spectre x360) before going with LMDE 7; I didn’t like the immutable aspect. I’m a tinkerer at heart and can’t handle not being able to get under the hood, so to speak.

Yep. Debian. I like apt, and I like shit that just…works. I’m very much a form after function kind of person. Plus, Debian was the first Linux distro I became most familiar with at a young age. So what if a bunch of packages are on “old” versions. They work. The kernel works. KDE Plasma works. I can do everything I want to do without having to constantly be on the bleeding edge. If you prefer newer things, that’s great. I prefer older, more proven things. That’s also why I drive Toyota cars and old Honda motorcycles.

My Proxmox cluster runs…uh…Proxmox, which is based on Debian. NAS runs OMV which also runs on top of Debian. Laptops all run Linux Mint Debian Edition 7, and my 5800X3D/7900XTX gaming PC runs LMDE6 (will be upgrading to 7 soon). The only non-Debian machines in my house are my wife’s iMac and Macbook Pro, and the Home Assistant mini PC.

This is more like “I bought the DVD and want to back it up”, which is a legitimate strategy.

hShop? That’s still very much a thing. I put it on my kids’ 3DSXL consoles.

Whatever happened to vBulletin? That was peak forum software. Simple to use, no frills, and no bloated tracking shit.

All the car community forums are operated by Fora at this point, and they’re trying to push some bullshit AI assistant called “ForaFrank”. I blocked it on every car forum I’m a part of, and have encouraged others to do the same.

I just remembered that I have a Wyze Doorbell v1 flashed with Thingino sitting on my desk. It was going to be my next test before my wife vetoed Frigate (she gets final say if it replaces something she uses).

Pretty sure Thingino supports ONVIF. My FIL has a UDR with Unifi Protect, I can try it with that.

If Reolink doesn’t paywall basic feature, I might consider that. Mainly concerned about a functional “it works without fucking around” 2-way audio and doorbell.

have you considered the G4 wifi doorbell?

Yes I have. Cheapest one on eBay right now is over $350. MSRP when new is $200, and Unifi has apparently discontinued them.

I’m not going to be storing 24/7 footage outside of important motion detection instances, which we can just download to our phones or whatever if it’s important enough to hold onto. Everything else can be recorded over.

When I was testing Frigate, I ran a single camera storing 24/7 footage specifically to see how long it would go for. I think it used 100GB after a week or so. Multiply that by 6, that’s, well, 600GB. But I’m also not super concerned with having crystal clear footage at all times (Ring set my expectations really low), and even 1366x768 @ 20-30 FPS is more than plenty for what we need.

For the doorbell, I’d use a proper doorbell cam that can use the existing wires for power.

That’s how my current Ring doorbell is connected.

Reolink’s wifi one comes with an adapter to use it with existing wiring.

I keep seeing Reolink pop up. Would a Reolink doorbell work with a Unifi NVR? I’d rather have a G4 wireless, but that’s very likely to not happen.

Only thing id note though is you probably want some kind of SSD for the camera storage.

Good idea.

I’m going to be running this with Unifi cameras.

Regarding the doorbell, one option you have is to try finding a second-hand Unifi G4 Doorbell (non-pro). It can be wired with only the two wires you already have. Just make sure you have relatively good 5GHz WiFi reception near your front door, because the 2.4GHz antennas on this model are notably bad.

I’ve been watching the wifi G4 doorbell like a hawk, it’s just perpetually sold out 😂 eBay listings aren’t any better, being even more expensive…

I’ve been running the original Unifi Dream Machine (the can, not rack) since it released in 2019. Been pretty solid, no complaints; it replaced my trusty Asus RT-N66U w/Tomato firmware; I think the UDM has been deployed longer than the Asus at this point.

The single built-in AP on the UDM was getting a bit overwhelmed, so recently I bought a U7 Lite AP to help split the load a little better. Working great so far, but now I’m looking into adding an NVR for cameras.

I like my Unifi setup, I’m just scared of a rug pull.

Same here.

Proxmox, ironically, is also based on Debian.

One of us… One of us…

There is still the topic of power usage, data usage, time spent doing maintenance, and accounting for failing hardware and hardware upgrades.

The fuck? You know self-hosting is classed as a hobby, right?

Never, EVER get into a hobby expecting some sort of monetary return. The only real “return” of any hobby is all the aspects of enjoying said hobby.

If you’re not enjoying it, why are you even doing it?