cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38329467 Will include various fediverse talks & presentations.

Main site at https://seagl.org/ and they are on fediverse @SeaGL@mastodon.social

A number of talks and expo hall. All are welcome; please help re-share so people can know about it and attend. Lots of the talks will be on streaming as well for remote participation. They also have Matrix chats https://seagl.org/meet

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38329467

Main site at https://seagl.org/ and they are on fediverse @SeaGL@mastodon.social

A number of talks and expo hall. All are welcome; please help re-share so people can know about it and attend. Lots of the talks will be on streaming as well for remote participation. They also have Matrix chats https://seagl.org/meet

I know dashboards are super trendy, but I'd love to hear from those who are not using them. I personally use FreshRSS to keep track of as much as possible, along with Uptime Kuma and plain old bookmarks. Perhaps there is a better overview solution, but I also love filtering what I see to not feel overwhelmed. or spammed, by information.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36668307

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36668305

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36668264

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36668172

Please enjoy this very technical discussion on Nextcloud Atomic, the immutable system-level wrapper for Nextcloud AIO, which is being designed as the successor to NextcloudPi. Atomic delivers Nextcloud as a simple deployment for single machines, allowing easy selfhosting for home enthusiasts and anyone else wanting to run Nextcloud.

Interview includes Tobias (Atomic, NextcloudPi, Nextcloud Secrets) and Marcel (Floccus, Bookmarks, Recognize). Begins with quick overview and review of running Nextcloud, along with popular outlying Nextcloud implementations and apps then discussed at-length. For comprehensive show notes and timestamps click here.

If you enjoy the interview, please do share it with others! Thanks so much.

Curious to know what the experiences are for those who are sticking to bare metal. Would like to better understand what keeps such admins from migrating to containers, Docker, Podman, Virtual Machines, etc. What keeps you on bare metal in 2025?

Project at https://github.com/jaemzware/stuffedanimalwar

Try a live example at https://stuffedanimalwar.com:55556/fromkittehwithlove

Sort of a modern twist on BBS. Every new user will not see what was done previously, but stick around and enjoy the chaos.

Listen here for audio version. Notes follow...

Hope you enjoy this series of Linux adventures. Detailed shownotes below in case you'd rather get directly to the links. Can also be found directly through the fediverse. Unsure of how to promote this show since it is all effectively FOSS. Hope you find it interesting, since anyone here would be the intended audience.

One year of the show as of 9/11! 12 episodes from episode 0 - 11. In binary this would make this episode 1100.

(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 podcast@james.network

(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.

(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?

Been running my own podcast on Castopod for the last year and it has been quite the learning experience. First, realized that part of running the show was making it available through mainstream platforms, but started with basic RSS feed and fediverse integration (for Mastodon users and such).

op3 analytics easily allows anyone to have basic understanding of their audience. Added basic podcasting 2.0 support, which also allowed IPFS support, but still haven't dug too deep into this (beyond knowing it is working). Added transcriptions with local-only Whisper and chapter support with ChapterTool, because people expect this in podcasting 2.0 clients.

Setup a chat on matrix.org and got a friend to help with a Draupnir moderation bot (which we were also testing for a community Open Source project chat). Decided to migrate my domain to a new registrar supporting Let's Encrypt certificates natively (I was maintaining them via a cron command unofficially, otherwise not supported by the domain registrar). Transition was smooth and no problem.

Created a dedicated podcast email account for people to contact the show and migrated my email smtp/imap to a dedicated service I could trust (and use as a relay once I eventually begin selfhosting the email server as well). Added a Flarum forum, since somewhere is needed for longer form conversations. Plugged in Uptime Kuma for monitoring and added all of my services to FreshRSS in order to keep tabs on all of my work. These days I'm wishing I'd simply used a wiki, or even a collaborative chat platform like HedgeDoc. Found LimeSurvey a bit too much for my needs, but Nextcloud Forms has worked just fine for people to send in their anonymous feedback.

Things are fairly quiet in terms of the show, but working out just fine. No doubt I'm forgetting tons of steps in regards to all of what I've learned, but it has been a fruitful year. Been using flat VPN network approach to connect to any servers and homelab applications being tested. Looking forward to more progress this next year. You can checkout the show here if you are curious.

Happy Birthday to Linux from 8/25. Detailed show notes available here.

Selfhosted apps

• Jellyswarrm
• iSponsorBlockTV

Desktop apps

• Anki

• Thunderbird

• Steam key giveaway

• Share your thoughts on Matrix Chat and Truenas

Seems this just released 10 hours. Was mentioned in this other thread, but figured it was worth granting it's own topic. Very Cool! I'm not the dev, but this is awesome. Was originally posted to Reddit here.

Oh wow, repo is https://github.com/LLukas22/Jellyswarrm

Jellyswarrm is a reverse proxy that lets you combine multiple Jellyfin servers into one place. If you’ve got libraries spread across different locations or just want everything together, Jellyswarrm makes it easy to access all your media from a single interface.

Working

• Unified Library Access – Browse media from multiple Jellyfin servers in one place.
• Direct Playback – Play content straight from the original server without extra overhead.
• User Mapping – Link accounts across servers for a consistent user experience.
• API Compatibility – Appears as a normal Jellyfin server, so existing apps and tools still work.

⚠️ In Progress

• Websocket Support – Needed for real-time features like SyncPlay (not fully reliable yet).
• Audio Streaming – May not function correctly (still untested in many cases).
• Automatic Bitrate Adjustment – Stream quality based on network conditions isn’t supported yet.

🚫 Not Planned

• Admin Functions – Server administration (user management, settings, etc.) won’t be supported through Jellyswarrm.----

I run a Jellyfin server, but I have several friends running Jellyfin servers and several more friends running Plex servers. What is the sanest way to go about accessing all of them? How can I get some sort of media overview, even using an external tool like RSS or some other dashboard-like app. Also useful would be a way to search what is on all of the different servers in the same search. Have considered:

• Running a dedicated device (Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, Kodi) and manually clicking between servers with the dedicated client app. This only displays one at a time and is too confusing for non-technical types. Also not totally sure if this is supported...
• Perhaps there is a way to run multiples of the Jellyfin and Plex apps in order to browse between all of these servers on a device like an AppleTV. Treating the client apps like running multiple browser profiles...
  • A "dashboard" app could be used to display information from all of these servers simultaneously.

Is there some method I'm missing here? Thanks for the ideas. My current answer is to simply not use most of them out of sheer laziness, but certainly would be cool to better unite access. Everyone has their own solid setup with multiple users, so need to meet them where they are at.

Thanks for any ideas!

Specific suggestions appreciated! Here is admin doc related section and more info on scopes. Here is github issue.