@DeadNinja I hate that I laughed at that “Agree?” hahaha

@privacy

@becha @selfhosted Sure I’d be happy to talk about it there!

pf/opnsense essentially provide web interfaces to the underlying
FreeBSD OS tooling. In this case I’m running plain OpenBSD. That means
configuring the system is mainly done by reading and writing text
files and doing stuff at the command line. There’s a whole bunch of
reasons why some people prefer one way or the other or even mix things
up a bit. My recommendation is, if you’re interested, have a go
administering a system without a web interface and see how you feel!
@Edgarallenpwn @selfhosted

> The garbage out there today is too much.

For sure. I’m hoping that with much cheaper and more reliable hardware
that we have now, it makes it easier for indivduals and small groups
to run services that could only be run by big dysfunctional companies.
Fingers crossed!
@jjlinux @selfhosted

@jjlinux Hahaha no way that’s awesome

@selfhosted

@1couchpotato Nope, this one is https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003378019857.html

@selfhosted

For starting out, Building a Router from the OpenBSD FAQ is helpful: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html

@MigratingtoLemmy @selfhosted

@czardestructo For the CPU Intel says 7.5W: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/81071/intel-celeron-processor-n2830-1m-cache-up-to-2-41-ghz.html
So all up I’m guessing under 10W. I don’t know how much other components affect the power usage, though. And I’m about 200km away from where it is installed! Hoping someone more expert in hardware could chime in here :)

@selfhosted

Because blinking lights give me goo goo ga ga

@Smc87 @selfhosted

This one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003378019857.html

Halfway through writing a follow-up blog post detailing set up, internals, etc. Should be available soon if you’re interested :)

@alvaro @selfhosted

This one has an old Intel N2830:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003378019857.html
With this particular model you can get a newer N100 chip

@selfhosted @tk

None that I know of :(
But @benjja tells me that on some of these you can install coreboot: https://ohnepunktundkomma.org/@benjja/111991771619601081

Something I’m keen to look into.

@cmnybo @selfhosted

Good eyes! Yes this is one we got from Telstra on a VDSL NBN connection. Now it’s just a modem in bridge mode with Aussie Broadband

@selfhosted @Da_Boom

@poVoq Agreed. It got me thinking. But feels almost entirely ideological, conflating social media (e.g. Twitter, Reddit) with “the digital world”.

Saying git is a “failed attempt at decentralisation” just because GitHub is popular misses that GitHub is less critical infrastructure than it would be if we only had CVS or Subversion.

I’m encouraged by incremental, practical decentralisation efforts outside of social media. It’s slow, kinda boring but it’s real and happening today.

@fediverse

Ah sorry yes I read the article, was just checking I understood the comment.
The workflows enabled by git that were painful with, say, Subversion or CVS, are significant. The overwhelming popularity of GitHub is regretful in the sense there is authority captured there, but the development of the tech (DVCS) means that GitHub is not *as* critical as before. For me this is something to celebrate!

Perfect? No way. Failure? Seems over-the-top.
@astrojuanlu @maegul @fediverse

Failed attempt at decentralisation? Is this referring to the popularity of GitHub?

@astrojuanlu @maegul @fediverse

@Vendetta9076 @InformalTrifle A system to centralise the management of mobile devices like iPhones and iPads remotely. Usually used by companies to provision devices automatically and dictate apps can be installed and have email/calenders etc. configured automatically.

See also https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/deployment/dm005