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  • What's a food you love, that isn't worth making from scratch?

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  • Fried chicken.

    It's soo good but not worth the hassle of dealing with all the oil.

    Although, I've since found that air-fried, if done right, can be just as good.

  • What are you having for dinner tonight?

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  • Homemade Trompo tacos.

    Also, tamales and ceviche.

  • Working on an emulated-OS docker container

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  • So admittedly I'm fairly new to the world of self-hosting, but have been a web dev for a long time. My terminology may be way off here. I always sort of assumed that headless meant that I'm running a version of Linux that does not have a desktop UI (Ubuntu server specifically).

    If I added a PiKVM, would I suddenly get a desktop UI, or would it still be command-line only?

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  • I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.

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  • As ikidd mentioned, definitely speed and access. It's just a react web-app. There's no VM required, and it's not streaming a video capture of a desktop. I'm actually amazed at how performant it is. It loads almost instantly and feels like a regular desktop, even on mobile.

    Even with all the windows open in the screenshot and streaming a transcoded video, it still uses less memory than a single open YouTube tab.

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  • One of the main reasons I ended up building a home server was that one of my drives failed in my main PC, and I lost a lot of my data (I know, I know). When I built my server, I intended it to be used as a backup. I was able to recover most of my data, but a lot of the filenames and directory structure were lost. I ended up just dumping all of this onto my server.

    I wanted a way to go through all my recovered files and organize them. I needed to be able to play any unnamed music files and name them + put them in the appropriate directory. I also produce music so some of the files couldn't just be re-downloaded. Similarly with any text/video/pictures/etc.

    I'm running Ubuntu server and I can't watch videos or listen to audio via a shell, so I needed a front end. I initially tried file browser but it was slow and clunky, and I couldn't have multiple directories open at once for dragging and dropping.

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  • Thanks!

    I tried nextcloud initially. It seemed a bit bulky and slow for me, with a lot of extra stuff I wasn't going to use. I know you can disable features and customize it, but it just wasnt really a good fit for me.

    This initially started as an exercise to find out what is possible and see what I could manage to do by myself. As I progressed, I started realizing the possibilities and am so far very happy with how it's turning out.

    I honestly didn't realize there were so many existing alternatives (orb, ArozOS, etc). However, this is built entirely in react and can therefore load and run any JavaScript/HTML easily as a plugin. I think it's a bit more modular than the alternatives in that sense.

    Either way it's been a fun project to work on, and it fits my needs exactly how I want.

    After seeing all the responses I'll very likely make it all open source so maybe others can contribute and customize it for themselves. Although I am a bit shy to release my code to public scrutiny lol 😂. I have a bad habit of not leaving comments and I'm sure there are plenty of places where people will point out flaws and wonder why the hell I did x instead of y...

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  • Google drive isn't self-hosted though, and they charge for any significant amount of storage.

    I'm running Ubuntu server, so there is no desktop to access via rdp, and I don't have to open an ssh port to access this. I still get all of my files, while also being able to put it all behind 2fa and grant as much or as little privilege as desired.

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  • Thanks!

    Another reason for the project was that I too wanted a desktop experience while also being being able to access remotely. I just didn't want to open any "scary" ports on my server lol. I can throw this whole thing behind 2fa and it's still completely isolated in a docker container, thus it has as much or as little privilege as I want.

    I actually can ssh into my main server through this, if desired, without opening any ssh ports publicly.

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  • Definitely way less resource-intensive. I'm actually amazed at how quickly it spins up and loads everything. Even with all of these windows open, and streaming a full length movie, it uses less memory than a single YouTube tab.

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  • Had to :)

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  • I will absolutely look into this. Thank you :) definitely looks like I'll be opening source though. I didn't realize there were already so many FOSS alternatives. Suppose I should have done more research, but I guess I figured they would be more popular/ talked about on platforms such as this.

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  • Link doesn't work for me, but I'm starting to see what you mean.

    Either way, this has been a fun project to work on and I've only been working on it since around October, so not like years of commitment or anything. I've learned a lot, even having been programming professionally for years, so overall I'd say it's been a worthwhile venture, especially considering I originally was only building this for myself.

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  • Oh damn good call haha.

    I guess I never bothered to check. I'm not married to the name so it's no big deal really. I was initially just building this for myself without any real plan to release anything so I chose my artist/producer handle and never thought twice about it.

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  • Interesting 🤔 I've never heard of orb. This is the second similar project I've gotten responses about. I honestly had no idea anything similar even existed. Why are these not more popular? I can see a million different use-cases for apps such as this.

    That being said, I tried the orb demo and support on mobile was terrible. I'm aiming to have it be fully touch/mobile supported.

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  • Wow I honestly had no idea something like this already existed! Never heard of ArozOS before.

    Why is it not more well known/discussed? I can see a million different use-cases for a web-based OS. I would have thought it would be the first thing people would talk about for a self-hosted solution to a os/frontend.

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  • Truly appreciate the feedback!

    I am definitely leaning open source, but to be completely candid, I could also see this being a marketable product. If I could somehow turn maintaining this into my full time job and quit my current job without any significant drop in my salary, I would be completely stoked.

    To be honest, I'm not super familiar with licensing or really anything regarding the release of software, but I would like to maintain the possibility that I could eventually sell/monetize it if it turns out to be a success, and I'm afraid that once it becomes FOSS, that possibility is gone.

    Like I said though, I honestly have no idea, so I would love any feedback or suggestions.

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  • Not public yet. Still deciding how to handle release. This is just a sneak peek to gauge interest and get any feedback.