Dear Fedi friends,

Happy Thursday from rainy northern Italy 🌧️

In case you missed it: I've spent the past two weeks doing all kinds of #selfhosting explorations, as I strive to learn #Docker to move my Ghost site there (it's recommended for Ghost v6 and going forward).

Yesterday I shared a blog post about the peaches (highs) and pits (lows) in #MySoCalledSudoLife adventures.

I'm hoping my mistakes can be useful for fellow newbies 😅

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-so-called-sudo-life-month-8-peaches-pits/

#blog#VPS #newbie

Is there a technical advantage or reason for moving from #gitea to #forgejo ? #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting

Is there a technical advantage or reason for moving from #gitea to #forgejo ? #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting

Technology buffs... My son and his friend are both in Calculus 2 as an asynchronous online class. They have a study hall period in high school where they go and work on the material. They have only chromebooks controlled by their school district. I would like to give them access to a web based login to a virtual machine I own where they can run maxima and use it to check answers and work through problems. What software do I need so they can access it? Apache Guacamole?

#linux #selfhosting

Google Drive is as unpleasant to use as Google Docs is pleasant to use.

It seems to be the opposite for FOSS solutions.

It’s a strong motivator to finish up my Kubernetes series of posts so I can deploy Docs, the markdown-first collaborative suite by @codegouvfr

https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/home/

#homeLab#selfHosting #office

Google Drive is as unpleasant to use as Google Docs is pleasant to use.

It seems to be the opposite for FOSS solutions.

It’s a strong motivator to finish up my Kubernetes series of posts so I can deploy Docs, the markdown-first collaborative suite by @codegouvfr

https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/home/

#homeLab#selfHosting #office

Dear Fedi friends,

Happy Thursday from rainy northern Italy 🌧️

In case you missed it: I've spent the past two weeks doing all kinds of #selfhosting explorations, as I strive to learn #Docker to move my Ghost site there (it's recommended for Ghost v6 and going forward).

Yesterday I shared a blog post about the peaches (highs) and pits (lows) in #MySoCalledSudoLife adventures.

I'm hoping my mistakes can be useful for fellow newbies 😅

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-so-called-sudo-life-month-8-peaches-pits/

#blog#VPS #newbie

New blog post: "My so-called sudo life: month 8: peaches & pits" in which I share the highs (peaches) and lows (pits) of my #selfhosting adventures for this month:

🔗​: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-so-called-sudo-life-month-8-peaches-pits/

Dear sysadmins, trigger warning: this post contains mention of clueless/reckless behavior by a self-hosting newbie. You may shudder in horror 😆​

On the upside, I hope that people who aspire to self-host can learn from my mistakes.

As I wrote in the post: I know very little about self-hosting, but I know more than I did yesterday (and I'm having a lot of fun in the process)

#MySoCalledSudoLife

New blog post: "My so-called sudo life: month 8: peaches & pits" in which I share the highs (peaches) and lows (pits) of my #selfhosting adventures for this month:

🔗​: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-so-called-sudo-life-month-8-peaches-pits/

Dear sysadmins, trigger warning: this post contains mention of clueless/reckless behavior by a self-hosting newbie. You may shudder in horror 😆​

On the upside, I hope that people who aspire to self-host can learn from my mistakes.

As I wrote in the post: I know very little about self-hosting, but I know more than I did yesterday (and I'm having a lot of fun in the process)

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Taking Back Control: My Journey into Self-Hosting with Raspberry Pi
I am using Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 to self-host my blog, social media, and cloud storage. Here is why digital sovereignty matters, and how you can start your own self-hosti
https://beitmenotyou.online/taking-back-control-my-journey-into-self-hosting-with-raspberry-pi/
#SelfHosting #ActivityPub #Blogging #Cloudflare #Decentralisation #DigitalSovereignty #Docker #Nextcloud #RaspberryPi #SelfHosting #Web3 #WordPress

Taking Back Control: My Journey into Self-Hosting with Raspberry Pi
I am using Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 to self-host my blog, social media, and cloud storage. Here is why digital sovereignty matters, and how you can start your own self-hosti
https://beitmenotyou.online/taking-back-control-my-journey-into-self-hosting-with-raspberry-pi/
#SelfHosting #ActivityPub #Blogging #Cloudflare #Decentralisation #DigitalSovereignty #Docker #Nextcloud #RaspberryPi #SelfHosting #Web3 #WordPress

Hello Fedi friends,

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

I just published a new post as part of the #NOWpage movement, sharing what I've been up to this month (writing, reading & learning):

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/what-im-up-to-august-2025-edition/

If you want to check out the occasional train wreck that is my #selfhosting experimentations, I have a custom RSS feed for #MySoCalledSudoLife posts.

I still know very little, but I know more than yesterday 😆

Special shoutout to @rwg and his superb book on the Fediverse.

#blog

Hello Fedi friends,

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

I just published a new post as part of the #NOWpage movement, sharing what I've been up to this month (writing, reading & learning):

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/what-im-up-to-august-2025-edition/

If you want to check out the occasional train wreck that is my #selfhosting experimentations, I have a custom RSS feed for #MySoCalledSudoLife posts.

I still know very little, but I know more than yesterday 😆

Special shoutout to @rwg and his superb book on the Fediverse.

#blog

In a world where your data is constantly harvested and monetized, self-hosting is an act of digital rebellion. It’s not always easy, but the peace of mind that comes from owning your data is worth every troubleshooting session.

What was the first service you moved off the cloud?

#privacy#selfHosting#openSource#FOSS

In a world where your data is constantly harvested and monetized, self-hosting is an act of digital rebellion. It’s not always easy, but the peace of mind that comes from owning your data is worth every troubleshooting session.

What was the first service you moved off the cloud?

#privacy#selfHosting#openSource#FOSS

Self-Host Weekly (22 August 2025)

Teaching moments from @elena, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #OpenArchiver - an #email archiving platform, and more in this week's #newsletter recap!

https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-08-22/

#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #privacy #development #app #apps #software #fediverse #activitypub

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting: day 249 (mind of a #newbie edition) 🧠

a blog post about what it's like for newbies to self-host... read till the end to find out what caused my OVH VPS fail (a facepalm moment for sure):

🔗​: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-249-mind-of-a-newbie-edition/

I'll probably take a break from self-hosting and reading about #Docker (my Everest) for the rest of the weekend... so I can come back to it on Monday with my batteries fully recharged 😅​

#MySoCalledSudoLife