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TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in Simple but modern website

Says the guy who never used it.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to programmerhumor in PHP is dead?

I do, the difference is that, unlike Ruby code bases, it happens to be supported languages that evolved and perform better today.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in Sustainable network upgrade

Don’t bother with Mikrotik, way too overpriced for what they deliver nowadays.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in Sustainable network upgrade

There is 128MB of NAND and 8GB of eMMC… so does that mean one version is very barebones and the other version is feature-rich?

No. All versions have all features, the thing is that OpenWrt is modular and you can install thousands of packages from the repository just like in any Linux system. I would go with eMMC or an external SD card and call it a day. The advantage of the SD card is that it is easily replaceable.

Here is a detailed comparison of each storage and use cases: forum.banana-pi.org/t/…/4.

This is the BPI-R3 mini board I was referring to

Check this post here, apparently the BPi guys already provided a bunch of their own builds for the board. Eventually you’ll get an “official” OpenWrt image. It seems to be out of stock tho.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in Sustainable network upgrade

Start by reading this comment: lemmy.world/comment/4966625

The directions on the wiki aren’t very clear and doesn’t explain the difference between flashing to the NAND or eMMC. D

What explanation do you need? You’ve multiple images, one for each storage type, pick whatever you would like to use and use it.

Also, any experience with the BPI mini

Never used that one. I’m not even sure about what board you’re talking about. Look up on the supported hardware table if it is supported and how good the support is.

TCB13 , 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to selfhosted in Sustainable network upgrade

The Banana Pi is easy to get going, simply download the image and flash on a SD card. We’re talking about a vendor that actively supports OpenWrt after all.

There are other devices supported by OpenWrt and this might interest you. Checkout the tables. There are also tons of Commercial routers / AP that are supported by OpenWrt and will provide a good experience but you’ve to pick them very carefully.

About range its mostly the WiFi chip manufacturer and if you want open software or not. It boils down to: the devices with the most range and speed are usually powered by Broadcom (Ubiquiti and whatnot) but you don’t have OpenWrt for those chips because they don’t provide open-source drives. MediaTek and Atheros are very open-source friendly and they perform well but Broadcom is Broadcom.

I’ve been running OpenWrt and DD-WRT (supports older routers some with Broadcom chips) for about a decade now and I don’t see me going back to bullshit vendors and their cloud stuff. I even deploy those on customers (usually small offices 10-50 people) and they’re happy with them as well. The Banana Pi BPI-R3 is my main router / AP and I’m very happy with it, more CPU and RAM than required for sure. I also deployed one at a customer and it runs flawlessly. Whenever the R4 is released I’ll deploy one to another customer who’s currently running a bit short as their current router is having trouble with more than 10 or 15 VPN clients connected at the same time.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in The Verge Takes on Self-Hosting for the Masses

They do, those formats are a mess, full of small details and non-standard implementations on MS Office and Excel is most like the worst case. Office formats are all open until you realize that means shit because Microsoft does what they want and the standards don’t cover everything. If you’re serious about office and you need to collaborate with MS Office users those “other office suites” won’t cut it. You’ll have compatibility issues.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in Sustainable network upgrade

If you want really open then OpenWRT and a Banana Pi is the way to go. OpenWRT is compatible and well supported on this board wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-R3. There’s a new coming up, the wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-R4. Banana Pi invest a lot in supporting OpenWRT and they don’t provide any other option and the chips are MediaTek that kind of views Banana Pi as a testing ground for their next gen stuff.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to linux in Mozilla Finally Launches An APT Repository For Easy Firefox Nightly Updating

Have you ever noticed that when stuff was sold on CDs and internet updates weren’t a thing software was properly tested and mostly bug free while today the end user has to be the beta tester and report bugs / have telemetry?

Software should be approached as engineering not as the shit show it is today.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to linux in Mozilla Finally Launches An APT Repository For Easy Firefox Nightly Updating

I except things to be kept on a reasonable level and that doesn’t include the amount of connections Firefox does, nor contacting a 3rd party analytics company.

What I also expect is to have simple toggles instead of having to spend half an hour going over advanced config, disable everything that can be disabled and still having it making connections to 3rd parties. Is it that hard to be transparent and make things right?

TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in Simple but modern website

You’re welcome :P

TCB13 OP , 8 months ago to linux in Systemd Working On "Storage Target Mode" Feature - Inspired By Apple macOS

Exactly my point. Thanks.

TCB13 , 8 months ago to selfhosted in The Verge Takes on Self-Hosting for the Masses

Exactly my point.

TCB13 OP , 8 months ago to linux in Systemd Working On "Storage Target Mode" Feature - Inspired By Apple macOS

You assessment isn’t entirely correct as this is indeed related to systemd. Read the PR github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/29748

TCB13 , 8 months ago to piracy in Brazil Regulator Claims "80% of Pirate TV Boxes" Were Blocked Last Week * TorrentFreak

As if 80% of the users would do that. The reality in Brazil might not be what you think, those people aren’t’ tech savvy people, not even close. They’re most likely people who bought a box from someone selling them door-to-door that was it.