A software developer and Linux nerd, living in Germany. I’m usually a chill dude but my online persona doesn’t always reflect my true personality. Take what I say with a grain of salt, I usually try to be nice and give good advice, though.

I’m into Free Software, selfhosting, microcontrollers and electronics, freedom, privacy and the usual stuff. And a few select other random things, too.

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  • Well if you want a proper upgrade, 40TB plus redundancy and space for a GPU, I’d say you don’t want a mimi PC but a full-blown one. I built my server myself from components. It’s hard to find good numbers on power consumption and that was one of my main concerns. I had a look at some PC magazines and what kind of mainboards they recommend for a home server. Figured I wanted 6 SATA ports and I started from that. Unfortunately said magazine doesn’t have a good article right now, so I don’t know what to recommend. Another way is to look for refurbished PCs. If they’re some brand like Lenovo or Dell, you’ll find the specs online. With a N100 mini pc, I’m not so sure if that’s a big step up from your current setup… I don’t think they have more internal harddrive ports or slots for GPUs than your current laptop.


  • Very good answer. I’ve also spent some time analyzing some red herrings when it was something else like a bad cable or connector. And by the way, you can use the same keys in journalctl as in the usual pager (less(?)) so hit / and search for ‘unmount’, ‘disconnect’, etc. And then scroll through the log and find out what led to the situation.








  • Check out yunohost.org (and similar projects) If you’re in for a turnkey-solution.

    But yes, a reverse proxy that does all the work and handles SSL is a nice solution. I also use that. It’s relatively easy to set up, doesn’t really slow down anything and makes a lot of stuff easier to manage.

    I use NGinx, but Caddy or Traefik will do the same. And I don’t use Cloudflare, so I can’t comment on that.

    And btw, Jitsi-Meet is going to require some more dedidated ports for the WebRTC, STUN, etc






  • I mainly meant to address OP with the recommendations. (And make a general statement that it depends on circumstances.) But sure. It’s the same for me. My PC makes a small share of total electricity. Each time I take a shower adds more to the electricity bill than having the computer running a full day. And all the household appliances add up, like doing laundry, cooking something or baking a cake in the oven. And the fridge etc is running 24/4 and I measured that, too and it’s like 260kWh a year. I forgot the numbers for the computer. But I don’t really play games so my numbers don’t translate to this situation anyways.


  • Good call. Though, if you use natural gas for heating and water heating and don’t own any AC… It’ll be a lot less energy in total and you’ll notice a new gaming PC. Especially if it coincides with a new game you’ve been playing nonstop for a few weeks. But I agree, there are a lot of electrical devices in a regular home. And my usage changes with the seasons. For example I watch a lot more TV when it’s rainy and cold outside, and the TV is like 100W. And I turn on the lights hours before I’d need them in summer. And it’s difficult to tell apart the things in a home just by looking at an electricity bill.

    You should have a look at your computer, though. Have you had a look at powertop? And I suppose there is a tool for AMD graphics cards to tell you if it’s running at full speed all the time or clocking down as it’s supposed to. Or you could get a power meter to plug your PC in to. And do a measurement with GPU and one with the thing ripped out entirely.