Synology. Although I’m sure other ready made NAS machines will probably work and be chapter if you want to explore.

Twin stick shooters/bullet hell games are different though.

And I found enter the Gungeon before Nuclear Throne, and somehow was always drawn back to Gungeon. Blazing beaks was fun though.

Any suggestions? I love brotato, but have struggled to find others I like.

Ones I haven’t liked: Soul stone survivors, death must die, nordic ashes.

I’ve progressed quite far in the technical science part of my job. I’m at the top end of the graph and encouraging my junior staff to simplify their language and message. Some things absolutely need technical terms, but they don’t need to use overly complicated words to say “this has moved up” or “this thing is bad”. More often meaning gets lost in using euphemisms instead of being clear about the message.

I’ve moved up the management role as well and really can’t bring myself to move from the bottom end of the meme graph. Management really has its own language so they can say lots of words in meetings with very little meaning. We’re in the business of doing shit…are we going to do shit or not?

WTF does it mean? Are we doing the project or not??

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My work uses all browser based apps. They have Linux workstations in most areas and these are set to login and go directly to a Windows 11 server remote desktop.

Depends on the definition of cheating. Here are a couple of ways in which I “cheat”:

I didn’t have the skill to progress beyond 4BC in Dead Cells, so I downloaded someone else’s save file with all items unlocked.

If I hit a wall in Silksong to the point that it starts to put me off the game, then I look up a walkthrough to see where the nearest undiscovered bench is or where to fine the thing I’m looking for.

For any game if I end too frustrated by a boss, I’ll watch a YouTube video to learn the attack patterns and avoid repeatedly dying to learn them. This is especially true for roguelites where I may have to cross 3 levels to get to a possible chance at a boss, and then get killed.

In FTL I used to copy out the save files to allow me to save scum if I died. The game is a roguelite and doesn’t allow loading saves in case of mistakes of death.

That was my understanding, that Immich and PaperlessNGX run AI locally on your machine. That’s why the server PC sounds like a fighter jet ready to take off for hours on end when a large library is first added.

Many people need to use computers and Windows for 8 hours a day, every working day + AI shoved into personal apps. I wouldn’t expect even the world’s best escort to be giving head continuously for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week.

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I never notice the names of posters, but I’ve been looking through loads of self hosted stuff and clearly come across a lot of your stuff. This is the latest thing I’ve gone waist deep into and am enjoying. Glad to see you’re trying to make this welcoming for noobs.

There are so many hobbies that I enjoy isolated… Home server, gaming, retro emulation, making electronics, podcasts, movies and TV shows. I’ll always be up for sharing interests with those who are into the same niches.

You’re right,it is very complex.

I’m a noob and started my learning in July. I’ve loved it. Still learning. Did a lot of dumb shit. Got lots of useful services up and running. Happy to point you to resources I used if you want to shoot over a DM.

As in, communities of developers who are contributing to open source projects?

If you’re getting a mini PC then your NAS can be older and really underpowered since it’s literally just housing your HDDs and not running compute heavy tasks.

You might need a bit more horsepower if you want to use Immich AI and PaperlessNGX AI.

eBay has been great and secondhand tech is worth taking the (small) risk on for the big savings. Get an old NAS that still gets firmware updates. Synology has worked great for me since it handles reverse proxy safely without me trying to learn that myself and doing a bad job to leave my server exposed and vulnerable. Get a mini PC suitable for your needs. I got a 12th gen Intel one earlier this year for £230, many companies dump “old” stock that’s perfectly functional. Look out for which CPU has a good enough iGPU for your needs if you need something like Jellyfin video transcoding.

I don’t plan on having more than 7-8 services running: Immich, Nextcloud+office, firefly, audiobookshelf, paperless and a maybe few more if they’re useful.

This will change when you get confidence and start realising how much good stuff is out there.

I’m a noob with this stuff who has recently self learned some of this and got a decent server setup running. Feel free to DM if you want detail about my beginner resources, how, what and any other questions.

I started with a Synology NAS. I don’t know about your specific NAS, but NAS hardware can be underpowered and quickly becomr too underpowered for the stuff you want to deploy.

People online recommended a mini PC for and keeping the NAS as just a NAS. I thought I better double check what’s suitable for my needs…R.Pi, DIY build server computer, NUC , Unraid, TrueNAS, HexOS, etc.

So I put in loads of work to come round to realising the initial recommendations was correct. I’ve kept my Synology for only NAS and use a dedicated mini PC. I’ve put Debian on it as my server OS. No RAID configurations, but critical data is backed up across 2 to 3 different devices and media.

Super happy (and quite proud) of my setup. It is slowly expanding.

I would recommend taking it slow, document steps you take (because you will fuck up and need to redo things), backup all important data and keep it completely detached from the devices you’re tinkering with, find suitable and appropriate beginner guides. Don’t go underpowered, and don’t get caught up with very advanced user setups with huge overkill.

It really has been a lot of fun. Welcome inside the rabbit hole.

A lot of things I’ve done may well be very poor practice. But at least I’ve got this thing off the ground and am learning from there. If I couldn’t make a start then I wouldn’t go down this rabbit hole at all in the first place. Without trying, implementing, breaking and making mistakes…it’s not like I would have browsed Stack Overflow for months. I have no programming or PC qualifications. Self teaching ain’t easy. AI did a lot more heavy lifting initially. Now it mostly double checks my YAML draft and makes sense of error logs so I can be pointed in the right direct to know where to even start reading.

Everyone’s wrong here. New users should try to look up some basics, and existing advanced users should tolerate beginner difficulties and not say anything if they can’t support and welcome the beginners. It would be perfectly acceptable to have a self hosted noobs community so advanced users are isolated from noobs if they want to be.

Frankly, this has been a longstanding barrier for me in adopting Linux and self hosting. Communities can be really unhelpful. It’s not like hobbyists are starting with reading an organised textbook. Knowledge is picked up piecemeal and sometimes there are glaring holes in beginner knowledge. For Linux adoption and self hosting, AI has helped me a hell of a lot. I wouldn’t be able to do any of this without AI. In my mind, this is a perfect use for AI. I can ask my dumb beginner questions without annoying AI, and it’s a very low risk situation for when AI gets things completely wrong and it doesnt really matter much. Also I find it amusing that I used the big tech company’s tools to move to platforms that deny big tech companies from exploiting my data, which is now safely local.

Isn’t this something Linus Media Group is focusing on by investing in HexOS…lower the barrier for entry. I see no sense in turning away people who are interested in privacy and security. Communities should really have a “gates open, come on in” attitude.

For anyone interested: emulation works great in modern phones. Eden emulator runs Switch games and some work very well with just touchscreen controls (e.g. Into the Breach).

If you’re ok with on screen controllers or with carrying around something like an 8bit Zero 2or Micro, then you could emulate a mind-blowing number of consoles and games.

Gamesir Cyclone 2 has been such a premium experience. Clicky nice feeling buttons, hall effect joysticks with smooth rims, shoulder buttons can be set to hair triggers, Bluetooth or dongle, metal charging stand, customisable back buttons. It’s been such a great premium gaming experience at a very budget price (currently going for £48).

Yup