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iso

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I’m a male, 23 yo software developer. Admin of lemy.lol instance.

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maegul , (edited ) to Fediverse
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The fediverse won’t succeed at putting up a substitute and that’s a problem?

Just an impression: All the pieces seem to be there. But what’s required is a team, with devs, PMs and coordinators, dedicated to making a particular place in the .

That’s resources and decently sized financial and organisational demands, especially to get a critical mass of users.

Is the fediverse up to that challenge? If not, is it an issue worth addressing?

@fediverse

iso ,
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Why fork though? You can still create an instance with strict rules and karma requirements (with help of new plugin system?).

iso ,
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I guess the new plugin system is capable for those features but unfortunately I have to reject. I already have some hobby projects in mind but I don’t even have time for them because of my job.

iso OP , (edited )
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I was worried about the possible high overhead of CoW in BTRFS. I guess it won't cause much of a problem. Thank you 🙏

iso OP , (edited )
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I meant using BTRFS for system and ext4 for the game folder. Why you wouldn't use BTRFS though?

iso OP ,
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I don't know much about immutable distros, but with a quick look, you're probably right. It looks like Bazzite is based on Fedora atomic desktop.

iso OP ,
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Cool! Thats what I wanted to hear coz I want to do the same :)

iso ,
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Interesting 🤔 Can you prove that you're a human?

iso ,
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iusearchlinux.fyi gone too. I'm glad feddit.ch at least announced this.

iso ,
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https://sh.itjust.works/post/16348756

NotTheOnlyGamer , to Fediverse
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Is it just Kbin, or does every fediverse service have the issue of being totally swarmed with bots advertising illegal pharmaceuticals? Is this just the result of limited moderation?

iso ,
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It’s just Kbin and I hate it 🙂 Kbin has 10x more spam than Lemmy due to poor moderation.

Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?

I’m looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?...

iso ,
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I don’t think XMPP is simpler than Matrix. With my insufficient knowledge; XMPP servers and clients have different standards. Some supports audio/video calls, some requires encryption while other maybe not etc.

Matrix has a standard set of features and all software around it built for those features. TBH I find Matrix pretty instable lately tho.

iso , (edited )
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Yes, you can shoot me from there and you’re right but I don’t see much difference between Matrix clients. The experience is pretty common between them. Synapse is de facto standard.

Linux distro for selfhosting server

So I have been running a fair amount of selfhosted services over the last decade or so. I have always been running this on a Ubuntu LTS distribution running on a intel NUC machine. Most, if not all of my services run in a docker container, and using a docker compose file that brings everything up. The server is headless. I...

iso ,
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“Ubuntu added on top” you mean Snap? No thanks :)

iso ,
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You’ve picked a nice name :) I’m glad you didn’t choose fedipedia.

I just created an account on open.ibis.wiki and created “Lemmy” article but it’s not shown on ibis.wiki 🤔 I guess it still has a long way to go, but I think it’s a nice project 👍

iso ,
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Nice. I guess “Summary” is something like git commit message. I thought it more as the summary of the article :)

iso ,
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Nice post but hard to read. How about using tables?

head 1 head 2
body 1 body 2

like this:


<span style="color:#323232;">| head 1 | head 2 |
</span><span style="color:#323232;">| --- | --- |
</span><span style="color:#323232;">| body 1 | body 2 |
</span>

Edit: are we sure the data is correct? For example; Lemmy.ml has 16 communities over 10k. Which are linux, memes, asklemmy, technology, worldnews, privacy, opensource, gaming, fediverse, unixporn, linux_gaming, reddit, science, lemmy, selfhost, jerboa.

iso ,
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I don’t understand those who criticize Lemmy developers. They were developing it while you were not here, I don’t think they will stop just because you are leaving :)

iso ,
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nah let them find it themselves.

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    iso ,
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    With Lemmy 0.19, you can block instances individually FYI.

    iso ,
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    You need to pass host header. But if you really want to hide your IP, you need to proxy your outgoing activities too.

    iso OP ,
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    Maybe. I need to check Kbin API docs.

    iso OP ,
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    90% of Lemmy’s storage/bandwidth load comes from the top 100 communities. So communities with lil activity probably wouldn’t create much of a burden.

    And yes, both instances must register on the site and choose which instances they allow. Either allowing instances explicitly or with some filters.

    iso OP ,
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    Yes. But you can still do that, there are so many unmoderated communities anyway.

    A new internet is forming (& Meta wants to control it) ( yewtu.be )

    A federated internet is forming. It’s built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.

    iso ,
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    Literally this. Right now you can’t create your own mail server because big corpos like Google, Microsoft is going to make you end up in spam folder.

    Now, apply this to fediverse.

    iso ,
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    You can technically create but you can never be sure that your mails will received.

    They don’t usurp the service but make it uncomfortable/unstable to you.

    iso , (edited )
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    It is about power. If they have more than 50% of the users, then all other instances should comply with their changes and obey them. If they don’t, then they’ll be blocked by more than half of the users. No instance owner will take this risk.

    I’m trying to explain you that you don’t really need to own something to own it. If you have enough power, you have it already.

    iso , (edited )
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    Rust? eww 🤮. Someone should rewrite it in Java(!)

    iso ,
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    I’ve never used XMPP. Can someone compare it with Matrix?

    iso ,
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    I’ve used Matrix for months and agree with most points. I would like to try XMPP but it is clear that it does not have the best onboarding experience.

    The problem I’ve observed with XMPP as an outsider is the lack of a standard. Each server or client has its own supported features and I’m not sure which one to choose.

    Which client would you recommend?

    iso ,
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    Thank you for the suggestions. I just created an account on jabber.hot-chilli.net and downloaded Gajim. It looks really cool!

    Managed to set up an instance using Lemmy-Easy-Deploy but federation is being a bit weird

    Is it always weird on new instances, I’m seeing posts from a random amount of days ago, no votes and no comments. Also, is it possible to federate with communities automatically or do I have to search for them all one at a time to add them to my instance?

    iso ,
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    You need to search them to make them available to your instance. You can also use lemmony or lemmy community seeder to automate it if you care enough.

    iso ,
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    It wasn’t but now it does I guess. I just searched a community didn’t existed locally on my instance and I got same result as you. No votes, no comments. I think this is enough to open an issue in the Lemmy repo.

    Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy ( wedistribute.org )

    Seems like an interesting effort. A developer is building an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy’s Rust-based one, with the goal of building in a handful of different features. The dev is looking at using this compatibility to migrate their instance over to the new platform, while allowing the community to use their apps...

    iso ,
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    There’s a library for JS: join-lemmy.org/api/index.html

    iso ,
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    Well, that’s probably requires a back-end server and a database.

    iso ,
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    Another reason to not use ccTLDs.

    iso ,
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    Nope. The ones you’re mentioned are gTLD (generic top-level domain) but most of the other domains are generic TLD too. See here for the list: en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom…

    Just don’t use country-code TLDs because they can removed by those countries. For example fmhy.ml and now queer.af.

    iso ,
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    Yeah that’s true. We just need to research who owns the TLD before long-term site and everything is ok.

    Threads will allow you to follow Mastodon users by year-end, according to Meta meeting details | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )

    Threads’ roadmap for integrations with the fediverse, aka the network of decentralized apps that includes Twitter/X rival Mastodon and others, has been revealed. A new blog post by Tom Coates, the co-founder of an older decentralized app called Planetary, details the events of a December meeting at Meta’s offices where the...

    iso ,
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    Giving them your own data legally and that they illegally fetch your data is not same.

    iso ,
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    So why the New York Times sued OpenAI? There are multiple cases regarding this. Why do online and public platforms feel entitled to sue AI companies (according to you)?

    If OpenAI and NYT were 2 news sites in the fediverse and had the ability to share their news with each other; I’m sure NYT couldn’t file such a lawsuit.

    iso ,
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    That’s the difference I’m trying to explain. If you give them, you have no right. If they do it themselves, then you can at least sue.

    It’s like I stop locking my door because there’s a chance burglars could break into my house and steal things at any time.

    iso ,
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    Voyager app has that feature on its settings page.

    iso ,
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    As it says in descriptions. Go to reddit.com/subreddits, you will find “multireddit of your subscriptions” on top of right sidebar. Right click and copy it and paste to Voyager.

    It is not automattic tho. You’ll need to manually subscribe communities.

    iso ,
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    I guess they’re federated with kbin too: kbin.social/u/@theverge

    Should I move to Docker?

    I’m a retired Unix admin. It was my job from the early '90s until the mid '10s. I’ve kept somewhat current ever since by running various machines at home. So far I’ve managed to avoid using Docker at home even though I have a decent understanding of how it works - I stopped being a sysadmin in the mid '10s, I still worked...

    iso ,
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    It just making things easier and cleaner. When you remove a container, you know there is no leftover except mounted volumes. I like it.

    Ways to pirate music as convenient as Spotify?

    The reason I gave up on MP3’s and subscribed to Spotify was because Spotify was easy. I’ve been listening “Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds” song every day and like a week ago, its removed. This was the last straw for me. Right now I’m trying to find “Stremio” of the music world. Can someone assist?...

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