Agreed.

If the hardware’s standard, then it’s possible for people (us) to keep these things out of the ground / incinerator for a few more years, but if it’s custom / proprietary stuff, then that’s just terrible.

I must get around to looking into 2FA / MFA sooooon (next ~5 years)

Did you find it really straight forward to get setup?

I think the fear of getting started with these things is sometimes worth it (home system offline for days) but often it’s quite simple…?

Just to add… if you don’t want this, the minimal version of the HA app doesn’t use 3rd party systems for notifications (you’d need to setup something yourself), so if this is a problem for you, there’s also that option…

Just sayin’…

Maybe not a docker solution, but you could throw pfSense into a VM and do all that from there

I use it (as it’s intended) as my firewall, but I used to use these as general purpose network security VMs in the past (just because I know the product well)

So for you: no firewall rules, just setup DNS with pfBlocker (for the advert blocking) and setup the VPN as required…

Just an idea…

I’d also split #2 further:

2a: Using a domestic DSL router and Synology NAS to run everything 2b: Has a Raspberry Pi (or 6) maybe a 2nd repurposed old PC and possibly an unmanaged switch 2c: Full height 19" rack, UPS, firewalls, managed switches, full virtualisation with SAN, redundancy and 100Gb full fibre internet

I’m somewhere between 2b and 2c

Ok, thanks… Good to know for a rainy day.

Not heard of RouterOS before … <quick search> I didn’t realise jad released firmware that would run in a normal VM… don’t suppose you have anything to compare it to pfSense?

Wow. I use jtx board and never tried the Kanban view … man, I didn’t even know it did that! Thanks!

So, do I need a GPU to use facial rec. with this?

I have a NAS with a low powered CPU, but I don’t care if it takes weeks to analyse - we don’t take loads of photos.

Wow.

Now I know there’s an app for everything…

I’ve been here since before dial-up. I knew Janet in the early days 😉

Yeah, I have trail sense installed - but everytime I’m out and about I just can’t work out how to use the myriad functions it has (like how high something is, etc)…

I really ought to RTFM and try to use it properly

Ah, ok, so I can export my OsmAnd paths, import into this and then remind myself of where I went on holiday / almost fell of a cliff / got lost driving / etc ?

I have a bunch of tracks I’ve saved over the years… hmm… maybe this is what I should be using

Hey, the demo is really responsive… impressive!

Is this running on a mega spec server - or are the results comparable to the small VM I’d be wanting to run at home? :)

This must’ve changed as I’ve shucked WD Elements / Book drives and they were normal drives…

So, you’re saying the actual harddrive has a USB chipset onboard and only a USB interface?

When did this start happening?

Have a look at Serve The Home

(IMHO - more specifically their youtube channel)

They did a load of reviews “recently” (months ago) and I ended up buying a fanless / passively cooled box with multi-Gb NICs that is serving me well.

I came from MP3Tag and the closest Linux version I found is puddletag it’s litterally written to be the same.

I use it for some metadata editing that - in my case - I can’t seem to get Picard to do (might just need to RTFM a bit more)

This is a great explanation and probably the best one I’ve read… ever?

(Without referring to a 400 page Cisco book)

Nice to know, thanks

Of course, but IMHO it’s worth checking the alternatives first before requesting an “obvious” (but only to me) feature that someone spends hours of their free time working on…

I was orignally hoping that the built-in mute could be scheduled, so that might be a suggestion.

So far DnD appears to be the option for me, now that I’ve thought about it more (after reading these comments) rather than trying to pause ntfy, gotify, etc…