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• Cyberdeck Cyberwhat Selfhosted VPN networks and is Wireguard Hard

  (00:00) Complete Shownotes at https://discuss.james.network (00:40) Sponsor Ameridroid referral link - US-based distributor of Odroid, Open Hardware and Home Automation Third Reality M1 Power Plug w/ Metering with Home Assistant support. LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:01) State of the Podcast Albyhub as a selfhosted Bitcoin Lightning node. Locally hosts wallet and node for podcasting 2.0 donations + Nostr authentication. Thank you to those who have sent me donations and messages over the last couple days of it working. Send a direct lightning or Nostr donation here. Also, a thank you to the helpful Alby team. They have useful step-by-step guides. Only email them because their chat is covered in scammers. (02:44) Nostr decentralized social network. Iris.to webui client for Nostr (04:38) Events SeaGL or Seattle Gnu/Linux Conference at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA from 11/07 - 11/08. Full schedule released. No cost; all are welcome! My SeaGL presentation on 11/07 at 5pm. Will also be tabling to promote this show. Do stop by and say hello! (06:40) Self-hosted Tools Is Wireguard hard to use? Send your thoughts on an anonymous form. Adding authentication services onto Wireguard, specifically ones you can selfhost, and run on a cheap VPS: Racknerd Referral link, and select “Reveal Deals” for VPS annual subscriptions at $11. They are friendly bunch with a great reputation; Pangolin recommends them. Minimal VPS is all that is needed for these sorts of services, which are merely providing your authentication, as opposed to the actual wireguard traffic. Limited locations: Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle Chicago, Dallas, New York, Ashburn Strasborg France Toronto, Canada Asia recommended to use DC-02 out of Los Angeles (07:47) Netbird - Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard®-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. You can try their hosted service or selfhost it, or whatever. Check out Pangolin - is a self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy server with identity and context aware access control, designed to easily expose and protect applications running anywhere. Pangolin acts as a central hub and connects isolated networks — even those behind restrictive firewalls — through encrypted tunnels, enabling easy access to remote services without opening ports or requiring a VPN. Combines traefik reverse proxy with Single Sign On and Wireguard. Meant to be selfhosted, but they do offer a hosted instance. Pin codes, temporary links, password links for exposing services as a “funnel”. Similar to cloudflare tunnels, where users cannot be bothered to sort things out and just want a service exposed. Headscale - The main objective of Headscale is to provide a non-proprietary implementation of the Tailscale protocol & control server for hobbyists and self-hosters. Acts as a replacement for the listening servers while allowing you to continue using your existing clients applications. Funnel functionality is currently considered in beta status. Does not include a web ui by default. Headscale-ui Full listing of various webui implementations for Headscale (14:15) Self-hosted Tools for when your Nextcloud server goes offline Syncthing - peer-to-peer file synchronization utility, designed to sync files between devices on a local network or between remote devices over the Internet. Note: Syncthing project does not directly support Apple Store or Google Play store for mobile. Syncthing-fork for Android. Available through Github or F-Droid Moebius Sync for iOS. Paid app. FileStash - webui designed to sit on top of your own sync service, Git, Google Drive, Database, S3, etc. Now supports arm devices! FileBrowser webui SFTPGo webui with multi-user and group support! Ways to support the show! Share with others! Help spread on social media. Donate on Paypal Donate Directly on Podcasting 2.0 Steam Key Giveaway drawing continues through 11/01 for reviewing the podcast on a platform of your choice: Apple Podcasts, Podcast Index, etc. Send me a link to enter the drawing. (20:01) You into Cyberdecks, bro? Cyberdore 2064 - 3D print yourself, with Pi Zero and Pi Pico. Looks like a blackberry / cell phone / palm pilot. What is a Cyberdeck - A cyberdeck is a portable computing device often associated with the cyberpunk genre, typically used by hackers or “Netrunners” to access and navigate virtual networks. Cyberdeck hat from Adafruit $9 and still requires a 3.5“ style touch or non-touch display for another $35. Angled to not be awkward on existing GPIO port in back. Cyberdeck Bonnet $8 and a $20 e-ink display or small OLED. Allows a couple pins additional GPIO access. Size of the Pi Zero / GPIO port. Pi 400 - $66. Another $20 for the accessories: mouse, power supply, SD Card. Awkward GPIO access requires expander, similar to Cyberdeck or Bonnet. No camera or Touchscreen cable connector. Improved thermals over Pi 4! 4gb ram is lame if using this with a web browser watching videos. Functions as a bluetooth keyboard, as do the other models! pi400kb - Use the Pi 400 or 500 as an actual HID USB Keyboard on your existing computer. Will likely require a USB-C splitter to allow power for the device while it acts as your USB keyboard Supports an attached mouse as well! Pi 500+ support still in development OrthoPi - Convert Pi 400 to mechanical yourself with a ~$20 gerber board that supports a rotary encoder. Doubles height of the keyboard. Repository offline and gerber not available in Wayback Machine. Send a link to the show if you find it! Pi 500 lowered heat produced. Regular keyboard. 8gb ram. $90. $30 for accessories. Pi 500 + w/ Gateron switches. RGB lighting. m.2 slot. Includes 256gb nvme at $200. $30 for accessories, probably worth it for 5 amp power. Is this actually comfortable to type on? Chiclets are ultimate low profile. Raised keys are angled… so, does this thicker keyboard feels uncomfortable? (30:00) Keybow 2040 by Pimoroni. Pi Pico RGB-lit mechanical 12-key. Python programmed over usb. (31:00) Dell SK-8115. Turn up at Goodwill. $12 - 20 on ebay. - Bomb-proof, raised keys, and made for decades of abuse. $59.99 retail. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

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• Nextcloud Atomic Interview, immutable Nextcloud for single computers

  Complete show notes here. Big thanks to developers Tobias and Marcel for joining the interview. There will be a second part of the interview. Was tempted to write a silly title like Nextcloud Atomic Explodes. If you are curious on related presentations from the past: NextcloudPi podcast interview by Nextcloud NextcloudPi Lightning Talk 2022 How to Contribute Panel Discussion 2023 You Can Contribute to Open Source Lightning Talk 2023 How to Escape Bigtech Techlore Interview 2023 Who is in the Interview Tobias is the developer of NextcloudPi, Atomic, and Nextcloud Secrets Hire as freelancer or donate directly on Kofi Marcel is the developer of Floccus, Nextcloud Bookmarks and Recognize. Donate through Github or donate directly on Kofi. James is host of Linux Prepper Podcast. Contributor of documentaton and testing to Nextcloud, NextcloudPi, AIO, Floccus. Donate directly on Paypal. Premium subscriptions with bonus content TBD. Steam Key Giveaway is active for anyone leaving a quick review of the show on their podcast platform of choice. (00:14) Welcome to this Mini Episode + Lengthy Interview! Detailed shownotes on forum. (01:44) Nextcloud Conference 9/27 - 9/28 in Berlin (01:56) SeaGL Conference in Seattle, WA 11/07 - 11/08 (02:20) Sponsor - Ameridroid - use LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:47) Odroid H4, Plus, Ultra series (03:43) Nextcloud service overview and short review, also called Nextcloud Hub (06:51) NextcloudPi - Managed Nextcloud for Selfhosters (08:04) Nextcloud AIO or All-in-One is containerized by Nextcloud company proper in Docker (08:45) Nextcloud Snap (09:06) Floccus - Cross Platform Browser + Mobile App Syncing to Karakeep, Git, Google Drive, Nextcloud, etc. (09:33) Nextcloud Bookmarks app (10:20) Recognize AI app - Smart Media Tagging for Nextcloud (10:56) Nextcloud Atomic - System Level Wrapper for Nextcloud AIO in Podman. WIP (12:20) Prototype Fund - For Developers Contributing to Open Source (14:31) Interview Begins with Tobias Introduction (15:43) Hire Tobias Freelance! (15:58) Marcel Introduction - Listen to his previous episode interview on AI in Nextcloud (18:18) What is NextcloudPi? Not actually made for only the Raspberry Pi (21:29) How Tobias became involved in NextcloudPi project, then Atomic (26:39) Architecture and Efficiency of Maintenance (29:21) Starting as an early Nextcloud project and the rise of containers + AIO (32:59) Build system of NextcloudPi with Bash as opposed to containers (35:55) Development of Atomic through containers (37:03) Immutability - Fedora Silverblue, NixOS, Fedora CoreOS & iOT, openSuse MicroOS, etc. (39:30) SkiffOS - early contendor for Atomic. Embedded Linux Systems from Scratch (41:02) Updates and security in SkiffOS and Buildroot (42:50) mkosi by Systemd in combination with Debian & Armbian (45:46) Nextcloud Atomic upgrade process for developer (51:23) How major upgrades will be handled for users (54:04) Is Atomic upstreamed to AIO; use of Podman (57:24) Management of Nextcloud Apps within Nextcloud. Updates breaking apps. (59:06) Will I now be able to use imagick on the operating system by default? (01:01:47) Support for users making their own changes: Jellyfin, etc. (01:05:55) “Untested” Nextcloud update handling in Atomic (01:09:38) Who is the target audience of Atomic vs NCP? (01:15:49) The future of NextcloudPi (01:18:30) Conference Lightning Talk in Berlin for Atomic (01:19:12) Marcel thoughts on NextcloudPi and Atomic (01:20:08) What has Tobias learned from the last 6 or 7 years? (01:23:34) How James became involved with NextcloudPi, Discourse, and Nextcloud (01:25:25) Tobias on how the community contributes to the project (01:27:00) How to Contribute Panel at Nextcloud Conference 2023. (01:28:00) How can future contributors to Atomic help Tobias? (01:32:40) Ways to Contact, Hire or Learn more about Tobias & projects. (01:33:37) Ways to Contact or Learn more about Marcel & projects (01:34:19) Next episode will discuss fundraising, how they handle donations, other interests, life balance, containers Sponsor - Ameridroid USA distributer of Odroid, Home Assistant, and other open hardware. Tons of reasonable shipping options and great customer service. Use linuxprepper at checkout. Odroid H4, Plus, Ultra series Low Power x86 with BYO Ram DDR5 up to 48gb, Dual 2.5gb realtek nic, 2 - 4 Sata ports, m.2 nvme expansion Supports Truenas Scale, OMV, Proxmox Not a power house, but great as a backup server or basic server Events Nextcloud Conference 9/27 - 9/28 SeaGL Conference 11/7 - 11/8 Self-hosted Tools Nextcloud - Biggest FOSS application in file sharing and online collaboration. Has grown from a dropbox alternative to a Google Suite alternative. Massive app store. Attempts to be a jack of all trades. NextcloudPi - Managed image of Nextcloud for hands-off, single machine selfhosting. Nextcloud All-in-One, or AIO. Containerized Nextcloud. Nextcloud Atomic - Immutable system-level wrapping of AIO for hands-off, single machine selfhosting. Currently in active development only. Roadmap Nextcloud Apps, available within Nextcloud itself Bookmarks app Recognize app for local AI/ML media tagging for Nextcloud: recognizes faces, objects, landscapes, music genres Hear previous episode interview on Recognize and use of AI in Nextcloud as an open source project. Software Spotlight Floccus - Cross-platform Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi, Brave bookmarks sync for Nextcloud, Linkwarden, KaraKeep, Git, Google Drive or WebDAV server. Also offers dedicated mobile apps for iOS and Android. Ways to engage with the show Send in one-click anonymous feedback or email [email protected] Join the forum Join our chat on Matrix Follow directly from the fediverse @[email protected] If the enjoy this small show, please share it with others! Thanks! Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Send in anonymous feedback with one click! 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• In Berlin, Contributing to Open Source

  For Detailed Shownotes, see here. Transcriptions for this episode will be added within the week. One year of the show as of 9/11! 12 episodes from episode 0 - 11. In binary this would make this episode 1100. (01:41) Sponsor - Ameridroid Excellent US-based provider of open hardware. All the shipping options. Use LINUXPREPPER at checkout Odroid Go Ultra handheld for retro gaming (25:44) Steam Key Giveaway for those writing a review of this podcast! See the basic rules here. Racknerd VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting Currently testing. Works fine, support is responsive, pricing is very low. Darling of lowendbox and lowendtalk. Referral link, and select “Reveal Deals” for VPS annual subscriptions at $11. What do you think of VPS hosting? (03:16) KDE Akademy KDE Linux “Banana” planned as immutable successor to KDE Neon. Livestream and Matrix to watch both days of presentations. Thanks to Neal Gompa of Alma Linux and Fedora for taking a little KDE Trivia challenge. He is a host on Sudo Show podcast. C-base Berlin Classes include NixOS, Godot, lockpicking, and more. Take a self-guided online tour. Xhain Hackerspace in Berlin. Classes include Woodworking, 3d Printers, crafting nights, etc. Nextcloud Conference 2025 on September 28th - 29th. Texas Linuxfest in Austin, TX from October 3rd - 4th. (10:29) SeaGL Gnu/Linux Conference on November 7th and 8th at University of Washington “How I Create Physical Theatre and Mime shows using FOSS Tooling” presentation: I’ll be giving as part of upcoming SeaGL. How I develop my own Living Cartoon shows for touring and for live audiences. “What Is Free May Never Die” presentation: an exploration of the idea that free software is functionally immortal while proprietary software is mortal. You cannot kill free software, but proprietary software dies all the time. If this idea is interesting, come to the talk, I want to hear other people’s perspectives on this too. /dev/hack in Seattle. U-district. Thursday nights for tours. See their git infrastructure and their wiki Chaos Communication Congress 39C3 in December in Hamburg, hosted by Chaos Computer Club. Join 15k other people from 12/27 - 12/30! An event that birthed the hacker and makerspace movement. (16:30) KDEConnect (Software Spotlight) Find my phone Send a File or Clipboard Media Control Use phone as mouse Supports Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS Works fine over VPN (19:26) OpenStreetMaps KDE Akademy, international travel and cycling around Berlin with OpenStreetMaps. Works! Download the local maps. Not usable for me in San Francisco or Bay Area because of live traffic. Updates save me 1/3 of my commute minimum or even hours. Are you able to use OSM as a driver receiving traffic updates? OSM+ for Android Ways to Support the Show! Donate directly. Premium version of the podcast and recurring donations still in development. Share this podcast with others! Help keep me off of social media and focused on releasing more content. This is a very small show, so your engagement really helps! Anonymous 1-click feedback formjoin the Matrix chat, write on the forum or email [email protected] (37:36) Graphene OS and the future of sideloaded Android Google Developer Verification for Sideloading Apps F-Droid app store - can be installed directly from APK. Open alternative to Google Play Obtanium - Install and updates apk files from Git repositories directly (26:17) Kodi media player and diy streaming devices for the holidays Kodi - Open Source Home Theatre software dating back to Xbox Media Center. Making a DIY Steaming Device running Kodi to gift to my grandma. Your input appreciated! Bye Bye Raspberry Pi episode Instructions on how I prepare a device I’ll gift to friends and family. Libretro and retroarch. Libretro is a simple API that allows for the creation of games and emulators without worrying about input devices, video drivers or sound API’s. Commonly bundled with Kodi and used in all sorts of devices, from handheld devices to full arcade cabinets. Emulates classic game consoles and beyond. Retroarch is a Cross-platform GUI, commonly bundled with Kodi, built on Libretro. Lakka, w/ git repo, fork of LibreElec. “Just enough OS for Kodi.” NGALAC, Live Streaming enabled Arcade Cabinet Odroid Go Advance, discontinued handheld. Odroid Go Ultra, current handheld offered by Ameridroid or directly from Hard Kernel (+ tarrifs) Contributing to Open Source Do you want to contribute back? Contributing to Open Source projects and communities Nextcloud AIO documentation pull request in regards to local hosting. Castopod pull request to add Discourse forum. Next submission is adding generic options for Chat, Email, Forum, Newsletter, Wiki, Fediverse. Currently lists very specific tools: Discord, Slack, Mastodon. Example of federation in Wallabag. If you are unsure, ask first. Preparing a submission Get a feel for development pace. Check first, then ask if unsure on a submission. Do less, making sure the developer can follow along. If I can do it, so can you. Etiquette for engaging with project git repositories Following along on Github, issue trackers, forums, chats. What is an issue, pull request Engaging with reactions and subscriptions instead of commenting Kill-the-Newsetter - Email to RSS, can be combined with email from git services. Self-hostable. RSS-bridge - supports Github issues, pull requests, trending, searches, Gitlab, Gitea. Self-hostable and public instances. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Send in anonymous feedback with one click! 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• Happy Birthday Linux

  Show notes also available here. (00:00) Welcome. A full length episode was released a few days ago (00:15) Happy Birthday to Linux (01:31) Intro - What is Linux Prepper Podcast (01:58) Single Point of Failure PSA (04:00) Sponsor - Ameridroid for open hardware, Home Assistant gear and all the shipping options from a US-based company with excellent customer service. Use LINUXPREPPER at checkout. (04:43) iSponsorBlockTV - Selfhosted, Network Ad skipping and muting for your Smart TV, Streaming Devices and Consoles. (06:36) Join our Matrix Chat! We are a friendly bunch. (07:00) Looking for ways to access multiple multimedia servers (Jellyfin, Emby, Plex) from one interface (11:01) Jellyswarrm - reverse proxy that lets you combine multiple Jellyfin servers into one place (13:53) How do you manage access on our laptop or mobile to multiple VPN networks? (15:04) Steam Key Giveaway from Linux Prepper is officially open! Write up a review for the podcast on whatever platform and then let me know. Thanks. (18:46) Anki - Flashcards (Cross-Platform) (20:16) Anki Sync Server (Selfhosted) (20:29) AnkiCollab Plugin - Open Source Collaboration on Flashcards (20:31) Ankimon - Play Pokemon against other Anki users through studying gamification (21:08) Thunderbird - Email, Calendar, Contacts Desktop app (Cross Platform) (23:33) Thunderbird Pro service has been announced (24:08) Thunderbird Conversations Plugin - Gmail-like layout of received emails (24:45) How is Matrix chat going for you in 2025? form. (24:46) Let’s invent a new word for someone having a privacy attack vector meltdown! (24:58) Truenas - What do you think? Send in your thoughts! (27:00) Want to send me a guest segment? You can! (27:48) Donate directly to support the show! (28:02) Podcasting 2.0 Fundraising Donation Link Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

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• Software Failure, meet Hardware Failure

  (00:00) Intro - Recap of episode. Link to full-er show notes. (02:03) Ameridroid Sponsor use LINUXPREPPER at check out (03:19) SeaGL Conference, hoping to present 11/07 - 08 in Seattle (05:01) Kit Scenarist - Dead Software Spotlight for Storyboarding, Comics, Scripts (06:05) Still using dead tech? Share in this poll! What abandoned or discontinued tech do you still rely on, Lemmy discussion (06:19) Giada - Software Spotlight for Music Looping (07:31) Osees - Sorcs 80 album made on samples / loops with drumpads (Music Suggestion) See it performed live (08:21) Deerhoof - Noble & Godlike in Ruin album (Music Suggestion) (09:27) Email me suggestions! or post to https://discuss.james.network (09:35) Software and Hardware Failure - fwupd, Ubuntu, screen failure, remote access, mobo death (15:43) Deja Dup - Backup Software Spotlight Timeshift also a nice option (17:23) I don’t use AI - Audience Feedback (19:36) Soundcloud Training on User Data & Receiving Copyright Claims (23:32) artfight.net - Make Drawings inspired by the other drawings! Website Spotlight (24:10) a2b2.org (Website Spotlight) (24:48) Objective Confusion - Audience Feedback (26:56) Adding 30-ish second Objective Recaps the rest of this episode (27:18) Rustdesk (Selfhosted Software) (31:40) Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) due to issues with Audacity Compatibility (35:04) Truenas - Open Enterprise Storage, Build Your Own NAS (35:52) Using Truenas? How is it? Fill this form with your thoughts! (40:05) Donate to the show directly, or share with others! Thanks for listening. (40:47) Podcasting 2.0 support for the show. Fundraising Link for Lightning Donations. (41:01) Matrix (Software Chat Platform & Ecosystem). (42:33) Do you use Matrix as of right now? How is it? Share your Thoughts in this form! (43:43) Powerhoof - 2 person Indie Game Developer Company (44:21) Crawl (Game Recommendation). Itch includes Steam key. (44:51) Adrian Vaughn VO Actor Reel (46:27) Doom (1993), still alive in 2025. Click for more detailed notes. (58:04) Doom Pilgrim - Print & Play Tarot Card Game of Survival Horror Doom Pilgrim Soundtrack Crowdsale for the retail versions (59:54) Farkle - Dice Game, grab 6 regular dice and a friend IRL (01:01:30) Join us on Matrix and chat! Thanks for listening! Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

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