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Hi all,

We've all seen Plex's announcement about remote access now being behind a subscription. I've decided to give Jellyfin a go, and not afraid to admit I'm a bit of noob at this.

For context I've got an old PC running windows 10 which hosted Plex just fine and suited my needs. I had port forwarding on for it but outside of that there really wasn't much setup required. I do want to start heading down self hosting route and am exploring swapping to bazzite for my main PC, so this is me dipping my toes so to speak (despite not being Linux).

Jellyfin was also just as easy to install I'm happy to say, works really well within my home (using the Chromecast app for my TV downstairs) and have no issues with the player or how easy it was to setup. Just set it up via windows .exe installer and away we go.

I started to follow a guide (& doing a bunch of googling + chatGPT) for setting Jellyfin remote access for my parents. And this is where I'm a bit out of my depth.

I have a dynamic IP, so first thing to setup was something that would be easy for my family to setup and setup once. This lead me to the duckDNS path, which after some back and forth I did get working over http.

Another option could be something like NordVPN Meshnet, where we appear to be on the same network and therefore not expose my old PC to the world. That's not really an option for my family, as they find it hard enough to connect up Plex let alone have to have two apps (Jellyfin & NordVPN) to watch stuff.

I do have concerns about leaving it setup with just DuckDNS & http, so I tried a few things but I'm not sure what to even Google as it's a minefield of people just saying"use x/y/z" but not really an explanation of what exactly they are achieving or how. Thought I could get a https connection at least, which was looking at Certbot or Certify Web Manager but I couldn't get either to work. I later found out that's because my ISP blocks port 443.

So this is as far as I have currently got. I think the next best thing is Cloudflared, but I signed up to that and put in my duckDNS and Cloudflare was showing me the 3 DNS names but also 3 IP addresses, which are dynamic IPs, would that mean I have to keep re-registering Cloudflare each time my ISP updates the IP? I clicked next anyway as I was just testing, but then I have to change my setup some "Cnames" on the DNS host to the cloud flare names, which I couldn't get working with DuckDNS, not sure it has that option unfortunately.

Also as a side note: I see people talk about Caddy as a reverse proxy for extra security, but what does it do? It looks to just be re-routing to the same thing? I put in something regarding TLS and my duckDNS token in the config file as well, but that didn't create a certificate (which again might come back to the ISP blocking 443)

So, in short - what are best practices for setting up remote Jellyfin access? Where am I going wrong and what's the best way forward?? I think I have a lot of the pieces but none of the know-how! I did read about buying a domain outright instead of using a free method but I want to make sure I have things working smoothly before committing to a paid service. Also bonus points for my curiosity, why didn't we have to jump through these hoops with Plex? Do they take care of some of the hosting aspect or something?

Thanks for any help you can provide 🙂

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This funding is approved by Congress, so this will lose in court like everything else, but let's see how this shakes out...

I blame my entire self-hosting hobby trajectory on a single piece of software that I used over a decade ago and fell absolutely in love with:

CCC One

If any of you have ever worked in collision repair (body shop, insurance, estimating, etc), you know what I'm talking about. The user interface was essentially - you open the program and are presented with a list of all the vehicles that have visited your shop, with some basic identifying info including the current status (estimate only, in repair, etc). You select a vehicle and open it up, and you're presented with everything related to that vehicle, including estimates, workorders, POs, parts, service time, repair time, photos, ties to LKQ and other used parts vendors for pricing, and a host of other useful shit - all separated neatly into tabs and clickable links.

I've been going mad trying to find something in the FOSS world that comes even close to this in order to keep track of my own projects, inlcuding vehicles, computer builds, other random shit. So far though, I have found only kanban boards (which are missing key project management features), or full-fledged CRM suites with way more added bloat than I will ever use.

I'm not looking for FOSS software with a 1:1 parity to CCC One; but there has got to be SOMETHING in the FOSS world that at least has some semblance of this capability. I use Planka right now, and it's fine, but there is just so much left to be desired.

Am I just expecting too much? If I am, please tell me. Or maybe help me better utilize the tools I already have.

Thank you SO SO MUCH to all who contribute to the FOSS community, you guys are serious rock stars. I barely understand if and for loops...

1. Schools have turned to AI to detect guns and prevent mass shootings, but concerns about reliability and false alarms persist.
2. Critics argue that investing in technology like ZeroEyes diverts money from addressing the human causes of violence.
3. Kansas lawmakers funded ZeroEyes-style tech with $10 million to boost school security efforts.

This question is meant to be in good faith. I know this topic can be charged but please try to be understanding.

As a 19 year old from Europe I'm just trying to understand why so many Americans (of course not all, but many) not just only seem to have stereotypes against foreigners/immigrants with different nationality such as Mexicans etc. (which is also the case here in Europe), but also exclude and stereotype other Americans solely based on their looks (or what many Americans call "race").

For example I think many people in Europe unfortunately also are racist against immigrants and people with nationality from a different country because they fear that they're bringing crime and drastically change the culture (because many of them are Muslims etc. and have very different world views and might not accept ours). In America this seems to be the case as well emphasizing "American values"/"America first" and excluding everything that's against that and mass deporting immigrants.

But what's even harder for me to understand is why so many Americans seem to exclude and racially stereotype other Americans solely based on their appearance that has nothing to do with their personality. They could have the exact same personality, interests, religion, same number of American ancestors etc. but still separate and stereotype each other based on their skin or face appearance.

Of course this also exists in Europe but it seems way more rare than in America. In American culture it seems like it has normalized that people constantly talk about skin color (being "black" or "white") and other "races" that they exclude and stereotype. Like calling people "black people" or "white people" as if they're a different species.

For example France also has many people with dark skin and other features but they seem to be way more integrated and mixed. If it's racist they're mostly related to someones nationality or personality but not whether how dark or pale their skin is or whether they look Asian.

For example I have friends with dark skin but we never talk about that. We might only talk about it the same way we talk about having different hair and eye color but we don't obsess over it as if we're different people because of that.

It would seem very weird here if someone said "I don't date Asians". Or things like "Black-Only" Schools or communities would be unthinkable here.

The act of calling someone "black" or "white" alone seems weird imo, since skin color isn't truly "black" or "white" like coal and paper are. Imo it's more like a brown/orange/pink color that varies in darkness between people but there's no distinct point where someone is considered dark/black or pale/white anyways.

And to me it always seemed completely normal that all humans naturally look different, some more some less (which I think is a more healthy and realistic view).

I know America has a long racist history but that doesn't justify this imo and seems weird to still take place in 2025.

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We were promised a technological future with ways to search for things of interest, find out how to get to places on a map, etc. Instead the government can now track us in our daily lives anywhere and everywhere we go 24/7. That would be great in a world where the government is of the people, by the people and for the people. However in reality they want to find us and send us to el Salvador. WTF!

Until things change, I am not buying a single electronic device. Not an iPad or a TV or an empty-tree player. This is ridiculous. And now we can't even know anything because all news is coming from the Murdocks and they just killed off NPR and PBS. This is how the bad part of the story starts.

See you all in a fire pit somewhere!