My current solution is to pay for a few TBs of cloud storage, which is enough for my backup needs. My server has a few scripts on it that I wrote which all run on different cron schedules. The scripts, in general, shut down the service it’s backing up, tars and compresses the files related to the service, spins the services back up, then copies the compressed archive to a central backup location, and a secondary backup on-site external hard drive. Another script runs every day which prunes old backups from the cloud storage, then uploads the new ones.
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I considered functions that I wanted (for example, tags) and looked to see if there was a plugin that did what I wanted. Dokuwiki’s plugin browser was very useful for this.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•How "heavy" is self-hosting matrix really?English
0·3 days agoWhat client(s) do you use/prefer?
Like many, I am looking for a Discord replacement and (possibly hot take) I largely like Discord’s layout, UI, and chat flow. That is to say, I like threads, channels, categories, and “servers” (spaces, what-have-you) to partition my chat experience. There are a few Matrix clients that replicate this closely, but the XMPP ones I have seen so far at least were not very enjoyable user experiences for me.
(Not for nothing, I also have been able to get a Synapse server running on my homelab, but have thus far not been able to successfully get an XMPP server running so that’s not helping my experience either)
Happy to check out your suggestions.
I use Dokuwiki for my small fantasy wiki project. I use many plugins to achieve the functionality and style that I want, but it works well for my needs. None of the others I looked at could do quite everything I wanted.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Signal Founder Moxie Marlinspike: Telegram is not private. There is nothing private about it. They've done a really amazing job of convincing the world that this is an encrypted messaging appEnglish
0·4 days agoAh thank you for the clarification!
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Signal Founder Moxie Marlinspike: Telegram is not private. There is nothing private about it. They've done a really amazing job of convincing the world that this is an encrypted messaging appEnglish
0·4 days agoSignal does not require a phone number to register anymore, afaik.
Awesome set up. I just installed Homepage myself and I thought I was happy with the configuration, then I see this haha.
I really wish I could use my Baikal caldav server with the calendar integration but it seems like it only accepts ical, which is too bad.
The page shown is called Homepage and is quite lightweight and easy to set up.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•(XMPP Setup Guide) Discord Was Never the End Game - TonyBTWEnglish
0·5 days agoI’ll join.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•How do you effectively backup your high capacity (20+ TB) local NAS?English
0·5 days agoThe stuff that I actually care about are automatically backed up twice, once to a simple external on site and once to a cloud. The cloud rotates between the most recent backups so it never takes up more than 1tb compressed, while the local external keeps backups for much longer (something like 6tb at a time).
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Technology@lemmy.world•New Zealanders' biometric information and other sensitive data may be handed over to the United States government under a new border security agreement between the countriesEnglish
1·5 days agoYour comment wording implied cause to my reading.
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Technology@lemmy.world•New Zealanders' biometric information and other sensitive data may be handed over to the United States government under a new border security agreement between the countriesEnglish
34·6 days agoLook, I’m not a huge fan of capitalism but it’s a little silly to pretend that the world was free from corruption prior to capitalism.
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Push to eliminate sales tax on food and groceries in Missouri runs into heavy resistanceEnglish
0·6 days agoThe vast majority of states do not tax food items.
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Push to eliminate sales tax on food and groceries in Missouri runs into heavy resistanceEnglish
0·6 days agoOn food items, yes.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts?English
0·6 days agoI can also admit that there could be unicorns on Pluto, because it’s nigh impossible to prove a negative.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Do you selfhost your own blog/website?English
0·6 days agoI don’t have any experience with Ghost but just from glancing at it, seems like might be overkill for a simple blog. There are a lot of static site generators out there that would be on the safer side, I think. (I am not an expert at this though!)
I’ve been using Actual for over a year and I really like it a lot. Full disclosure though, I don’t use any of the linking features and manually input all transactions.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•It's 2026 and you can only take 1 cup to pay for rent. Which do you choose?English
0·6 days agoMy dawg, I was just being pedantic for comedic effect. Didn’t land. 🤷

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