What kind of tech stuff do you guys do?

I didn't mean to abandon this thread, I just took on a run at my work that is ridiculously long hours, and I've been struggling to live life in addition to working so much.

So an update on what I've done within the last six months or so.

I was running Arch Linux, and then they shipped a version of GRUB with ZERO testing, and it broke both of my computers. My server computer I was able to save, but my main computer I wasn't. That's okay though, because I always use a separate disk for the OS, so I didn't lose any of my data.

But it was enough for me to start looking around. I know Arch Linux is for computer experts, but there's no excuse for shipping an untested package. That's just bad form.

I've been on Fedora Kinoite (an immutable KDE spin) for my main pc since April, and Fedora Server for my homelab server PC since last week.

I remember in my last post, I was talking about learning containers. I've since learned those, and switched from Docker to Podman for rootless containers that offer more security and less ability for hackers to swim upstream into your PC.

My homelab server has rootless containerized Plex, Jellyfin, Home assistant, Tautulli and Heimdall for some pretty container management. But the real brain behind the system is C0ckpit. That app does not play. Not in the least. Highly impressed with that.

Next I'm gonna either do a standalone container of some games my brother and I play, or I'm gonna learn Pterodactyl Game Server Management...I currently think I prefer the standalone container idea, because even as a former Arch user, Pterodactyl looks daunting.

But yes. That's where things sit currently. I'll try and post more, I'm just...working 62-64 hours a week. Lol

 

I don't think I saw the notification for what you wrote back in june. It's kind of funny that you say that.

Fedora server, and Fedora in general, is wonky as hell. I'm done with it.

I have a headless Debian server running multiple containerized services that I can ssh into now, and I'm shopping around for a replacement on my main PC. Fedora Kinoite taught me about flatpaks, which are honestly pretty sweet. Whatever distribution I go with, I think I'm gonna go with flatpaks.

Not only for ease of use, but also just because they're containerized. I know the containerization of flat pack is not as powerful as a true container, but I like that all the dependencies are installed alongside the program, and file permissions are greatly reduced.

Blah blah blah. I run a zombie survival horror game server for my brother and our friends. Stop dressing it up so much. Lol

 

We only go as far as we need to with topics, and that includes computing. I just enjoy learning how things work, so I go a bit deeper than most.

 

I like that.

Efficiency matters to me. If Windows were modular and didn't spy on you so much, it would actually be a pretty good operating system.

With Linux, I build my computer for it's purpose, and away it goes doing only that purpose.

There's something kind of neat about that.