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  • I think a lot of the responses here get at the fact that Mastodon does take a little time and work to curate a feed that you enjoy.

    I run a little instance with a few active users, so I follow them. I don’t tend to follow hashtags, but I check them out now and then to look for interesting posters. Browse the FediFollows account and https://fedi.directory/ . Use a hashtag or two when you post sometimes and check out the accounts that share or like your post.

    Follow accounts liberally, but unfollow just as liberally they just don’tdo it for you. Eventually, you’ll end up with something that you enjoy.





  • After just about a month of hosting some things on a Raspberry Pi 4, I think it’s about time to work on repurposing this mini PC that hasn’t been doing much the last few years and keep growing my services.

    To that end, can anyone point me to a good, thorough guide to getting going with Sonarr? I installed it, but then realized I needed to add a client and Prowlarr and I feel like I just started in the middle.


  • I agree with this. I’m running CasaOS on a Pi4. Having the initial ease of one click installs gives you a great start, then you’ll start to find that you need to manage some port assignments, then you’ll start learning about Docker environment variables, then you’ll be managing custom installs.

    Awesome-Selfhosted is a great resource. Just browse and try something interesting.

    My own recent journey went like this:

    Run AdGuard Add DokuWiki, Navidrome, Mealie Set up Cloudflare Tunnels Add FreshRSS, Homer, SearchXNG

    I also have Nextcloud on a VPS, but the fun is on the Pi.



  • Since it’s winter and I mostly don’t want to leave my house, I busted out an unused Raspberry Pi 4b a couple weeks ago. Started with CasaOS and AdGuard. Have now added a few other services including Navidrome to serve up a lot of local-area music for myself and friends. Got a Cloudflare tunnel set up, then some authentication through CF as well. And finally secured a static IP from my ISP. This is the farthest along I’ve ever gotten with any of this and it’s been going great. Nearly every hurdle I’ve encountered I’ve been able to work through.

    Two things causing me grief today though:

    1. I also have Nextcloud hosted on a VPS and I cannot get to the point of running occ commands. First it wasn’t found, then no php cli, then just errors. I gave up.

    2. I’m using Homer because it’s just so simple, but the theming and CSS is driving me nuts. Sure, I can change colors, but will this little bar in the neon theme change from 4em to 100% for me? NOPE. Override fonts? Nosir. All good though.