Sam Howell  

I've decided to move to the @fosstodon instance. The name came up plenty of times before, I've read good things and I recently learnt profits go to projects - plenty of which I rely on and love. This is something I want to get behind as a FOSS advocate. I only wish donations were accepted. Hopefully the move goes as smoothly as last time.

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Sam Howell  

I'm after Mastodon instance recommendations in case I need to move soon. My interests are pretty obvious if you check out my profile:

Boosts appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Sam Howell  

My Digital Privacy Essentials online course is available again and open to all:
samhowell.uk/courses/p01/p01-l

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Sam Howell  

Kind of old news now but I came to it a bit late after initially thinking using my with my wallet wasn't possible. This is an inspiring read: blog.trezor.io/trezor-model-t-
:monero:

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Sam Howell  

What provider do you use and why? I use DNS Watch by default as it's preset in and my modem. I was originally drawn to for its promises of and no , but I've since noticed all the bad press. I'm interested in OpenDNS and LibreDNS but it would be good to read some kind of in-depth comparison if one is available.

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Sam Howell  

What type of course would you find most valuable? (Comment with any suggestions or other thoughts.)

17 people · Apr 21, 2021, 20:49
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Sam Howell  

What type of analytics would you be comfortable with as a visitor to a website?

17 people · Apr 13, 2021, 10:51
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Sam Howell  

I've now nuked and paved my 4B for the 4th time. By now I've learnt from experience that SDs aren't meant to last holding the entire filesystem. After another case of "Segmentation fault" (likely corrupted SD), I've moved the filesystem to a USB. Depending on performance, I may reattempt moving everything to a partition of a 1TB HDD being used primarily for .

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Sam Howell  

New post: 'Vim plugins for powerful terminal writing' samhowell.uk/blog/vim-plugins-

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Sam Howell  

This weekend, success =
- Steadily growing local media server
- Setting up connection to my for IP camera and Plex streaming
- Isolating work devices on the LAN
- Discovering no new issues (more to come, I'm sure).

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Sam Howell  

For anyone interested in the tool I use for all my projects, it's called and I wrote a script to get you up and running quickly on or :
gitlab.com/5am/adapt-deb-setup

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Sam Howell  

My various setups (primary machine, home etc.) seem to challenge me weekly, but the satisfaction of fixing issues and taking back control makes the stress worthwhile. I love , and every day is a school day. I recently repurposed an old 1TB HDD as a and want to try some kind of , but Netflix has become an expectation in the household. Share your / other self-hosting project ideas!

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Sam Howell  

Now running minimal vanilla on my 4B for . Unfortunately I tried but failed to boot with root mounted to . After the third attempt's kernel panic due to "no working init found", I gave up. I now at least have swap disabled on and Pi-hole logs disabled. Any other tips for SD longevity?

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Sam Howell  

📝 New post: 'Let's chat freelearning' -- samhowell.uk/blog/lets-chat-fr

"My vision for content was always – and largely still is – about raising awareness of, and educating people about, , , and free open source software ()..."

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Sam Howell  

I've now created a public room at freelearningfoss:matrix.org -- My intention is to use this room to bring together anyone interested in contributing to made with . I may soon start a range of courses on subjects. Join the room and share your thoughts!

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Sam Howell  

I've finally got round to setting up my @keyoxide profile. I really like the service so far, but was wondering if there was any plan to implement @libravatar (or other alternative) in place of . Thoughts?

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Sam Howell  

I'm looking to set my partner up with a soft wallet for storing primarily . Personally I use a hard wallet, but want to see what the best options are for trusted, secure software on a machine running . Also need app options for .

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Sam Howell  

Been stuck to my desk this past week but it's been worth it, and I'm edging closer to releasing my Digital Privacy Essentials course.

I now have a fresh install of LMS running on my server, and will be spending the next few days customising the theme and tweaking other settings.

I'll then wrap up the final unit of the course, test and upload, adding various activities and resources in the LMS, before announcing the full release.

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Sam Howell  

interface renaming anyone? On multiple occasions I've had issues. For some reason my loopback interface is called "rename1". Support assures me this is normal/default config, but it just doesn't make sense to me. Why not "lo" for loopback, and why did it get renamed in the first place? Soon I'm just going to get rid and start fresh with trusty .

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Sam Howell  

If you're interested or just want to share some ideas/thoughts, let me know. Maybe we could all put our minds together in a chatroom or similar.

@moodlenet @privacyint @privacytools @eff @humanetech @fsfe @moznews @alt3 @dajbelshaw - 2/2

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