Recently in Spain we have suffered a complete power outage, with no electricity for a long time. Some were able to have power on their computers with generators, solar panels, etc. And I know you can have data connectivity with SDR or HAM radio. But my question here is, what are some good self-host/local offline software that we can have and use for when something like this happens. I know kiwix, and some other for manuals. Please feel free to share the ones you know and love, can be for any type of thing as long as it works completely offline, I don't search for any specifics, if it is designed for offline use, just name it. For GNU/Linux only please (using Arch myself BTW). Thanks in advance.

I’m running funkwhale in docker. This consists of a half dozen docker containers one of which is postgres.

To run a backup, funkwhale suggests shutting down all of the containers and then docker compose running pg_dump on the postgres container. Presumably this is to copy the database when nobody is accessing it.

For some reason when I do this, I get an error like:

 undefined

    
pg_dump: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
    Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?

  

It would seem that postgres isn’t running. I see the same error with other commands such as psql.

If I fully boot the container and then try exec-ing the command, it works fine.

So it would seem that the run command isn’t fully booting the instance before running the command? What’s going on here?

The container is built from postgres:15-alpine

I run one huge media server, one backup, three mini optiplex server (one public, private, and local), and one off site.

• Is there a cheap Pi or something similar I could bring for the optiplex servers and then just let go of the others until I'm back?
• Do I just throw everything in a VPS except for local stuff?

So this includes diverse set of services one could self host. For example:

• tor relay
• scientific compute nodes for protein folding
• ipfs node (I would not host that one with my current knowledge)

Thoughts on this?

I'm looking into to building a small media server. I will be th only user of it. So I don't need the ability to do simultaneous streams. I am planning on running Jellyfin.

Sense I am on a more limited budget I was thinking and older desktop and transcoding my files (on my powerful desktop) to be best supported and play smoothly.

Are there any specific recommendations you guys have for hardware I should keep a look out for that's cheaper or other recommendations for cheap hardware?

Just got Whisper working on my local server so I can send it audio files via curl POST request and receive transcribed text.

Are there any keyboard plugins for phones that could be directed to a personal server running Whisper to replace functions like Siri/Google assistant voice transcription?

I am trying to plan my home lab to satisfy two different needs:

1. I want a stable environment where I will put a relatively expensive NAS and maybe some other Zima boards.
2. I also want to try new versions and configurations in an env where I can break stuff BEFORE trying things on my Production environment. I would also like to use that environment to try other things like playing with Kubernetes, Docker, Iceberg, etc. I am a backend software engineer so this is very useful to me. Besides being fun.

So, I am just trying to gather ideas on how to configure this both in terms of software and hardware.

The services are maybe hosted by myself, but the servers aren't mine. I'm only borrowing a small chunk of resources from some company, so can it still be considered self-hosting?

I run a Clickhouse database. My usecase is 99% writes and 1% reads - I rarely query the database. Currently, the tables (excluding system logs) use 6GB of the 80GB on my Ionos VPS, with the VPS having 50GB free space total.

In the far future, when that 50GB starts to run out, are there any cheap storage services out there that support a filesystem or a database? Due to querying the data so rarely, read speed isn't that big a deal, and if the storage is on HDD, so be it.

I’m asking in general but also in terms of privacy. Is it worse that you’re more easily connected to your real identity through owning the domain?

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/31222548

TL;DR:

Digital Hackathon for Finamp, an open source Jellyfin music client.
From today until April 6th, so two weekends and the week in-between. Looking for designers and developers, as well as anyone else interested in contributing! Check out the Finamplify GitHub project and our Discord server for more info!

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Hey everyone!
Today's the day, Finamp's first-ever Hackathon - called "Finamplify" - is starting! Let's have a week of hacking together on your favorite open source music client for Jellyfin :D

This is a digital event happening on Finamp's GitHub repository and our beta Discord server.

Check out our previous post for some background information, including the Whys and

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27452084

MAZANOKE is a simple image compressor and converter that runs entirely in your browser. No external uploads, works offline as a web app, and is powered by the "Browser Image Compression" library.

Github project page: https://github.com/civilblur/mazanoke

Features

• 🚀 Compress & Convert Images Instantly In Your Browser
  • Adjust image quality (0-100%).
  • Set a target file size.
  • Set max dimensions, to not exceed a certain width/height.
  • Convert between JPG, PNG, and WebP.
• 🌍 Installable Web App
  • Use as a Progressive Web App (PWA).
  • Dark and light mode.
  • Fully responsive for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
• 🔒 Privacy-Focused
  • Works offline.
  • All image processing happens locally.
  • No data is uploaded to external servers. Your files stay on your device.

Use case

This app is designed to co

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/30905225

TL;DR:

Digital Hackathon for Finamp, an open source Jellyfin music client.
Saturday, 2025-03-29 to Sunday, 2025-04-06, so two weekends and the week in-between. Looking for designers and developers, as well as anyone else interested in contributing! Checkout the GitHub repository and our Discord server for more info when the time comes!

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Hey everyone!
I'm thrilled to announce that Finamp, an open source Jellyfin music player, will have its first Hackathon starting next week, starting on Saturday, March 29th and continuing until Sunday, April 6th!
Get ready for over a week of improvements to your favorite open source music client for Jellyfin :D

This is a digital event happening on Finamp's GitHub repository and our beta Discord server.

Why Should I

Wondering if I should switch my #RaspberryPi OS from #Stormux, based on #ArchLinuxARM, to #HomeAssistantOS. I mostly work with it over SSH anyway and this might allow me to do more with it. What do others who #SelfHost think?
SelfHosting #SelfHosted #Linux
@selfhost @selfhosting @selfhosted

I'm curious to hear what others are #SelfHosting! Here's my current setup:

Hardware & OS

• Hardware: #RaspberryPi500 (8 GB RAM, 512 GB SD card) #RPi #RPi500 #SingleBoardComputers #HomeLab
• OS: #Stormux, an accessible #Linux distro based on #ArchLinuxARM #LinuxAccessibility #AccessibleTech

Infrastructure & Networking

• Dashboard: #Glance (#Docker) [#DockerApps](h

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.selfhostcat.com/post/301165

I see Ghost has a paid option but I am unaware of such an option for Mediawiki.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been using Linode for a long time and have always been happy with their service. The performance is solid, and their tech support has been great whenever I’ve needed help. However, I’ve started to feel the pinch with their pricing—it’s definitely on the expensive side.

Recently, I decided to try out Hostinger’s VPS offering to spin up a Bluesky PDS and see how it compares. So far, I’ve had a good experience with their tech support as well, but I’m curious about the bigger picture.

Has anyone here used both Linode and Hostinger VPS? If so, how do they compare in terms of:

• Performance (CPU, RAM, disk speed, etc.)
• Uptime and reliability
• Ease of use (control panel, setup, etc.)
• Value for money

I’m especially curious about how Hostinger manages to charge so much less than Linode. Is there a catch, or is it just a different business model? If you’ve used both, do you think Hostinger is a better option overall, or is Linode worth the extra cost?