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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2025-01-10 at 08:38

@ncopa Hi Natanael, thanks for such an excellent Distro, I use it as a desktop OS with XFCE which is perfect. I have a quick question , do you think the project could setup a discourse forum in place and/or as well as IRC as a source of help ? A lot of distros rely on the community helping each other with small issues via forums instead of the project developer having to. I know its a small team , so it may not be possible to maintain.

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2025-01-01 at 15:44

I'm interested to change my default Firefox browser for another of its forks which one do you use?

Currently I use Firefox with extensions like Ublock origin etc on my laptop and fennec on my GrapheneOS phone. But I would be open to suggestions for android as well.

[#]Firefox

[#]LibreWolf

[#]waterfox

[#]mullvadbrowser

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2024-12-09 at 18:21

@mullvadnet

I have been using your VPN for almost a year now. It's been amazing!!

I currently I have it running through the Mullvad client on my Debian machine and through the Wireguard client on my latest Alpine Linux install.

Do you think you might support APK packages ? I know your a small team, so It might not be an option.

[#]alpinelinux

[#]MullvadVPN

[#]Wireguard

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2024-12-08 at 23:25

I installed Alpine Linux today on a spare laptop , it took all of 30 minutes and installed without a single issue. I always thought, Alpine was more for containers and servers , but with plasma installed as the DE, it works beautifully as a Desktop.

I've always been intrigued by Alpine Linux and now Openwrt has started using Alpine's package manager , maybe I'll trial it for longer and see how it goes.

[#]alpinelinux

[#]openwrt

:alpine:

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2024-08-18 at 18:31

Still on the fence whether I should switch to Sid, everything works so well on stable with flatpaks I'm not sure I need it , especially with an XFCE DE, that doesn't change much. Maybe I'll switch when cosmic is in the Debian repo 🤔

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2024-08-18 at 08:24

So I'm back on Debian as my laptop OS and it feels a little like coming home , my first ever Linux distro was Debian and I can't believe how far its come.

Rocking XFCE again also, as cosmic DE was still a little too buggy for daily use, although it was pretty good for an alpha release.

I'm also considering switching my server back to Debian also , but that's a job for another day!

[#]Debian #COSMICDE #XFCE

:debian: :xfce:

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2024-07-24 at 21:37

@mike can you recommend any more podcast streams? I remember a long time ago you mentioned some podcasts you follow, including #latenightlinux , which of course I now listen to religiously. So do you have any new ones you are listening to?

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2024-05-11 at 23:21

@thelinuxEXP Hey Nick did you happen to see the video that system76 used from YouTube, on there Cosmic DE talk at LinuxFest Northwest 🤔 I'll give you one guess who's channel it was.

https://youtu.be/JHLfsWhDvz0

Its about 15 minutes into the video

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2024-05-11 at 07:04

Just tried the #COSMICDE on a popOS install and I'm really impressed. I can see it replacing xfce on my NixOS install when its had time to mature. I will be keeping a keen eye on its development from now on.

[#]system76

[#]nixos

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-12-22 at 14:03

So I replaced my Fairphone 4, with a pixel 7a running #Grapheneos . It really was a good decision, nothing wrong with the fairphone its a good phone, that hopefully someone else can get use from. But I really like the privacy and security apsects of GrapheneOS. Plus I was convinced to try GrapheneOS from the #linuxunplugged podcast.

Dammit ! They got me with #NixOS that way.

:GrapheneOS:

:nixos:

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-11-17 at 13:02

I've officially migrated my Home server to #NixOS , it only took a few hours, with the battle tested configuration.nix , I setup on my test server.

:nixos:

:nextcloud:

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-11-15 at 21:04

Can anyone recommend something similar to cockpit for #NixOS preferably as TUI or CLI option?

As in a way to monitor my server easily with one interface!

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-11-15 at 20:35

I'm really excited!!! Today I managed to get a test server running, using #NixOS.

I got #nextcloud working with a #mariadb database

[#]Wireguard VPN working with routes to my LAN so I can access #Homeassistant server but also Nextcloud.

A local (as in LAN only) #coturn turn server , so I can use #nextcloudtalk through the VPN.

Only a caddy file server left to setup and I can then migrate my current server, which uses containers to NixOS modules.

Finally a secure setup with a VPN & NixOS

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-10-29 at 11:30

@nebucatnetzer

WOW that is a long standing issue, well good news that it will be included going forward.

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-10-29 at 09:14

@nebucatnetzer what was the issue ? I've recently found and issue with Podman containers regarding dropping multicast packets , which effects my music assistant container , so I'm considering moving away from containers to nixos packages.

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-10-27 at 17:00

If you run a #NixOS server , how do you run your #selfhosted services ?

Mainly interested in

[#]homeassistant

[#]nextcloud

[#]VPN

But keen to hear about other selfhosted services too.

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-10-27 at 08:21

How to do you access your #selfhosted services remotely?

I've been port forwarding to services like #nextcloud and #homeassistant for years whether directly or currently through a reverse proxy setup, but I'm thinking about alternative options.

Any advice ?

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2023-07-31 at 21:58

I can't decide between #nixos or #opensuse #microOS for my Intel NUC server. I only host containers running #podman really , like #HomeAssistant and #Nextcloud . I'm still learning about both OS's really and I know both come with a learning curve, one steeper than the other. But I really can't decide.

Any advice ......?

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Written by GreyLinux :alpine: on 2022-12-06 at 09:11

Today will be my 3rd full day working on the #fedora server. I've managed to get #homeassistant

[#]esphome

[#]jellyfin

[#]caddy as a reverse proxy

And #snikket an xmpp server (which I highly recommend )

All running on #podman , rootless and without disabling Selinux or the firewall.

Just SFTP to setup today and I'm done.

:fedora: :podman: :snikket: :homeassistant: :jellyfin:

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