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InterestingMoo

@970uts1d3@defcon.social

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Slowly going down the selfhosting rabbit hole...

I like to read sci-fi as well as play with computers and tech

I also like old media - records HiFi and mechanical things

Self-professed javaphile (not the programming kind)

I live in the mountains and I also teach avalanche safety

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Joined June 25, 2025

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https://www.inktheghost.com

InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 6mo ago

Well, since there seems to be a good bit of anti-systemd sentiment out there, here's something to chew on...I successfully used the guide below to install a barebones Debian netinstall, strip out systemd and install openRC as Cybersecguru demonstrates.
I did this on modern hardware: a System76 lemurpro-13 with coreboot dual booting. I currently have kde-plasma-desktop working and full access to Debian apt repos - this was maybe a 5/10 difficulty install. I'll post a writeup on my blog at some point, but check the comments in the page for some details. Probably a few items to tweak still but fully operational. Thanks Cybersecguru!

https://thecybersecguru.com/tutorials/switch-systemd-to-openrc/#comments

thecybersecguru.com

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 3mo ago

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@thedoctor@polymaths.social @homelab@fedigroups.social portainer lets you pulls stacks from git repos and update when they do. I have mine setup that way.

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 3mo ago

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@thedoctor@polymaths.social @homelab@fedigroups.social I have all my docker-compose files in their own repo Unfortunately you will have to name folders as the container names, then each folder will have the docker-compose.yml named file. Portainer is a web frontend...so if you are looking for a CLI option, probably not ur cup of tea, but its polished and user friendly, and works pretty well IMHO fir this purpose. On the plus side its free and you can monitor up to 3 separate docker instances. I have over 20 containers that I manage over 2 proxmox lxc's

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 9mo ago

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@nixCraft@mastodon.social the 40yr old Arch Linux user just uses archinstall 😉

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 4mo ago

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@codinghorror@infosec.exchange agreed.

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 4mo ago

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@futzle@old.mermaid.town today I learned something...

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 6mo ago

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@sb@metroholografix.ca @leoschuldiner23@beige.party 💯

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 7mo ago

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@clive@saturation.social if @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt doesnt know, she might know who to ask

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 7mo ago

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@chad now back to our regular scheduled programming. I'm seriously impressed that all televised Canadian watch parties were already drinking 😆

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 6mo ago

#viewsfrommyporch

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 6mo ago

@jon@henshaw.social 😳

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 4mo ago

So bummed that the #Avs lost to a team whose most valuable player is a rapist and the organization supporting him doesnt even care. #Anythingtowin #FuckyouHart

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 5mo ago

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@thomzane@daedal.io librewolf is the way 😉

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 5mo ago

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@thomzane@daedal.io trisquel is similar, I have used that as well. Librewolf I have found is a little more available across many Linux distros as a .bin. Both excel at being privacy first, and ublock friendly. I havent used trisquel in about a year. No telemetry and no AI is also a must. #Firefox #librewolf #trisquel #linux

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 4mo ago

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@SecureOwl@infosec.exchange 😆

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 5mo ago

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@dazo@infosec.exchange @philcowans@universeodon.com we ***could debate all day. The new gnome is not as straightforward and if you are coming from macos or windows, the familiarity of the toolbar and system tray is there, yes there's a lot in the config settings, but at least its all there, right in front of you. All I'm saying.

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 6mo ago

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@dgoodmaniii@rcsocial.net few reasons...but main being that Devuan has proprietary repos, where this method had access to the entire Debian repo framework. Also as noted by the author, its a good learning experience to see what's going on under the hood. Devuan is a simple install and if you don't care about any of the above or that's all you are looking for, then its a great option. That being said I'm a tinkerer, so this type of stuff I find fascinating and a useful exercise.

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 6mo ago

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@dgoodmaniii@rcsocial.net they are one of the few distros out there that have package builds that work with alternative sys inits. I love arch, but I'm leaving that distro behind due to its ties with systemd -- its hardcoded, so not easy to do anything like this guide does with Debian and openRC...Artix seems like a good try, but struggles with video and usability. As far as I have it tested, I am struggling with Bluetooth and the openRC compatibility - sound not playing over wireless headsets but thats solvable with some tinkering in the confs I think. Overall the kde-plasma-desktop and openRC is pretty damn daily driver friendly...

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 1w ago

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@trashheap@tech.lgbt Given the current ongoing discussion and vibe here from @KDE I think you may be right. Please, if you have them share some nice #noAI DE options for us who are exploring the move.

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 1w ago

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@trashheap@tech.lgbt @keisatsu@infosec.exchange Thanks for the recs. Since I'm shooting for all #NoAi I am testing Gentoo no-multilib with #niri and #noctalia, see how it goes...I first tested #DMS (Dank Linux) but they are using #claude. It got me used to the idea of niri though so I could make another leap

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InterestingMoo @970uts1d3@defcon.social

· 5mo ago

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@philcowans@universeodon.com any distro with KDE will be pretty straight forward

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