We should have never lost the capability to have LAN parties for all games.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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Just yesterday I wiped the drive and installed Linux on the 3rd old PC for the LAN setup I'm putting together, literally "for the children!"
It's an i7-920 from 2008. It has TRIPLE channel ram, baby. I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon and it was as quick and painless as usual.
I already get the warm fuzzies when I walk into the room and find my 3rd grader playing on my PC instead of their tablet or even the console. Our first LAN party is gonna be sweet.
I used to dream once that I would be able to give my future son Q4OS to grow up with and if a daughter, something like PuppyOS. Alas, I'm a single 30-something guy living in his parent's basement with no real prospects of owning my own home or getting laid—so go figure. At least somebody out there is living the dream! 🤝
You're spitting rn
You still can. By setting up a VPN.
Though it doesnt bring to couch closer.
I want a future where communities self host their media and circumvent media companies like Netflix and Disney. Local film clubs, TV clubs, hobbyists, etc. can come together and host as a collective bringing down costs and making this more accessible.
Like ham radio ppl
Who's making the media?
Okay, so you don't even need a socialist system for this, just a moderately sane government. Even here in Estonia, the government hands out funding for cultural projects. Now this is still a capitalist society, so you likely can't get full funding for a big project.
In an actual socialist economy, the government will give you full funding for projects. The actors and everyone else working on a movie or TV show have guaranteed income that's enough to live their lives, guaranteed living accommodations, etc, so they're more likely to do it as a passion project, but they could still be paid as extra motivation. Funding is still required for equipment, etc. Unless you go fully money free as a society, in which case you ask the government to assign equipment to you.
Sometimes it's hard to imagine a reality outside our own.
imagine it for us then. what would this model look like and be sustainable?
Sure.
The premise is to bring down costs, and not be free. This is a reality where we can share media we buy, because we own them again.
So you can kind of imagine the world 20-30 years back with VHS and DVDs. Just in the digital world.
Fewer people would buy the content, and less shareholders will be rich. Actors will also not go for multi million dollar salaries. But actors would still exist.
You can argue that this will bring down the number of movies, but most likely there will just be alot of small studios making movies instead of Netflix and Disney controlling the market from start to end.
There will be a much larger varaity in movies, and not that many reboots of past succes from the VHS/DVD age.
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There are a lot of independent creators out there too.
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That's a welcomed thing, often it's daunting to do it from scratch when all guides assume you're a masters student in computer science lol
Yeah as someone that was just getting into it not that long ago I definitely kinda struggled through it even though I'd feel pretty confident saying I'm a bit more technically literate than most. Figured I'd try to help others with the process as much as I can! I appreciate the validation lol
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I have my own server and it's great, but the real product these streaming services sell isn't access to content—it's discoverability and recommendations. We need a better solution for that!
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The first disclaimer in the video is the most relatable thing I've read in a while
My entire life is Linux and self hosted, aside from Email. I may get to that one day too. Love my Plex server, even with the more recent baloney the company's apparently been up to.
I should be using Jellyfin but once I get home from work I don't want to tinker any more, I just wanna play a game or dick around.
Agree with the message in the video, these companies should be told to pound sand the minute they do a single anti-consumer thing.
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Thanks for using peer tube
Started my own home server about a year or so ago. Currently hosting Immich for me and my gf. Jellyfin for archiving movies shows and downloaded YT videos. Forgejo for local git where I backup my work. Homeassistant to manage lights in the appartment and some other small stuff. Linkwarden to archive important websites and links I might need in the future (docs for work, how-tos for the server itself so I dont loose all that setup kbowledge). Syncthing to sync files between multiple devices - which is awesome, easy to setup and pair folders. Seafile to share files.
It has been great, it draws around 20-30W idle.
I am currently in search for Obsidian and Bitwarden self hosted alternative that can be run in docker container - if anyone has some ideas I am all ears.
Vaultwarden is what you're looking for.
Instead of Bitearden you can use Keepass and share db file with syncthing
I'm syncing the files from Obsidian using Syncthing as well, works fine.
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I set up my home server, then realized my Internet is shit and my upload speeds can't even steam 1 4k movie, let alone several at once.
I am not excited to triple my monthly Internet bill for better upload speeds, but it will have to happen soon.
I'm more worried about my electricity bill tbh. Low-power devices aren't easily available and the second hand market is crap in my area.
I would gladly spend more for better (10mbit up atm) but all the upgrades get me to like 25 up and that's it. I have no incentive to spend more for basically nothing. I hate it.
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Cool video and cool shirt! Is it sewn if it is it's even cooler!?
Oh and im right now trying to figure out how to get access from anywhere to my Jellyfin and Navidrom (oh I learnd that docker.yml is soo friciking easy to set up. I donno why I didn't do it to Jellyfin anyway…) server (not only from home network) I even installed Tailscale but im not so technical. Still. Video is very cool and I will try this photo digital album for my family. My grandma will be amazed for sure! Again cool video you seem very interesting dude!
My cool Docker icon lolz
This is a 32 minute video that starts with a text card and robo voice. Is there any kind of summary? I don't have a home server and don't know what I'd do with one if I had it tbf. I have several vps and other hosted servers and find them much less hassle than a home server. But, maybe I'm missing out on something.
The main difference is that having a home server means You are in complete control over Your data. You can run home server and isolate it from the internet, running only on local network. Great for privacy and You are not relying on some external provider being reliable and available.
It also has it's downsides. You have to maintain the server, keeping it up-to-date. Checking if some components need upgrading or replacing - which is mainly about having healthy drives so You do not loose all Your data.
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Persist with the video! The text-to-speech is only for a couple of quick screens - the rest is very personal, and they cover a bunch of use cases.
If you really don't want to, the server OS they recommend around two-thirds of the way through is YunoHost, a beginner-friendly way to run services as containers on any capable spare computer. The YunoHost website has a bunch of use cases that are also covered in the video.
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Hosting email just saved the day! My ex got locked out of her email account and password resets were blocked. However she still had one “home” forwarding email configured as a recovery address, so we were able to redirect it somewhere accessible and unlock her email account!
Agreed. It's time my occasional minecraft/PZomboid server got a nextcloud upgrade.
Every time I spin one up. I spend weeks setting things and playing with it. And then never use it again until I get bored and rebuild it.
I just have my old PC's running Linux connected directly to the tv or projector.
I use a super basic webdav server or free ^arr^ ^matey^ streaming sites.
I sometimes sftp into devices.
That's my setup.
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How beneficial is connecting via ethernet instead of wifi? My wifi mesh pods only have 1 ethernet out port, so I use it for my desktop. Not sure if I could split it or not, but I imagine if I did it'd slow down my desktop's internet connection, which I'd rather not do.
I can't be sure since technology has so many different factors, but splitting a single Ethernet out into multiple with a network switch won't really affect it much if at all. Cat5e cable/jack (common for most cables) gets 1 gigabit, so unless you have a gigabit connection and maxing out the connections already, you shouldn't notice it.
As for WiFi, even though a lot of newer technology is great, it's not going to beat Ethernet.
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A switch won't slow anything at home.
It's super cheap and literally plug and play.
Dad said we're getting a sourcebox!
Having my own server is sooooo cool. There are so many services I’m running for my friends and family that are just incredible. That includes this piefed instance! Which is public if anyone wants to register here
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