I don’t know either. Swiftfin seemed more actively developed based on releases, but now it’s great to have another active option. I haven’t compared them but I am curious if anyone had.

Out of curiosity, why do you use this instead of Swiftfin?

What is the battery life?

If you’d like a web UI too, Radicale may be a better fit and easier to set up. I tried it out briefly using docker compose.

It’s not too hard to self-host too.

I assume it was the pound symbols so I removed them.

The font size? Or the amount of text? The font size is normal for me.

Great job on your journey! It sounds like you’ve made a lot of progress in the last 2 years.

Q1. I highly recommend OpenWRT. It runs on cheap hardware, is open source, and has a lot of options. I don’t have any strong recommendations for hardware, but I’ve seen people recommend the Flint 2 routers and they sometimes go on sale. Regarding remote access to your LAN, 2 common options are setting up a VPN (aka road warrior) for remote access and using Tailscale. If you’re not great at networking, I’d recommend setting up Tailscale. It can run on your router, or another always on computer like your Home Assistant machine. It’s not FOSS, but is easy to set up and I recommend it. You can always swap it out with something FOSS later on your journey. As a side comment, you may want to looking into running PiHole. I think it can run on an OpenWRT router if you’d like. This is a little advanced, but once you get set up and comfortable with your router, I highly recommend looking into VLANs (software setting on some routers like OpenWRT). I have a specific SSID that does not have external internet access. I put any questionable devices on that SSID/VLAN (like cameras, doorbells, IOT) so they are secure but I can still access it locally from my server. I make sure to only buy IOT devices that can work locally without internet.

Q3. For maps navigation, I use Magic Earth (not FOSS). For me, it’s the right balance of privacy and usability. For browsing google maps, you could check out GMaps WV which is basically a PWA (progressive web app) for Google Maps.

A couple questions are about GrapheneOS app strategy. My approach is:

• Main profile has only FOSS and privacy respecting apps enabled. I use a limited number of privacy abusing apps (e.g., Google Camera), but they do not have network permissions. In your case, you might use Nova launcher but block internet access using permissions.
• In my main profile, I install and then immediately disable privacy abusing apps that require network permissions. I then create a new profile for each app (e.g., 1 profile just for Lyft, 1 profile just for Southwest, etc.). I also have Orbot installed and disabled. I “install” these apps by editing the profile and “Install available apps” from my main profile to only install the app (e.g., Southwest) + Orbot (if I want to force it only use the Tor network).
• I like this approach because it makes app updates easy (I only need to update all apps from my main profile). It isolates apps, since apps can see what other apps are installed and there are risks to using “bad” apps in the main profile. It allows me to configure apps to only use Tor. It disables them when not in use since I set the profile to not run in the background. As a side benefit, it makes it more difficult for me use these privacy abusing apps so it incentives me to use FOSS and privacy apps instead.

Q6. Reolink + Frigate is commonly recommended, but I’d be careful before starting that project. Frigate is one of the more difficult items to self-host for new people, especially if you want to make sure the camera is on a restricted VLAN.

Q11. You could also look at lawnchair launcher, but it hasn’t been updated in a while.

Q12. I like the GrapheneOS keyboard, but I use the FUTO Voice Input with it. That is a separate app from the FUTO keyboard. I make sure the network permissions are disabled on the FUTO Voice Input.

I haven’t use any of these, but others could look at:

• Maybe
• DumbBudget
• budgetbee
• OpenBudgeteer

For reference, these are from Selfh.sh

As a point of view, you don’t need (and probably shouldn’t buy) a battery that satisfies your peak usage. That would be a waste and would be over buying. Instead, a smaller battery that meets your energy needs on 80% of days is probably a better investment. However, only charging your cars at night probably saves a good part of your energy costs. If you’re interested, here is a YouTube channel that talks about energy usage with solar panels, heat pump, EV, and batteries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDRDFSUxbI

I’m designing a modular rack shelf mounted 3D printed server case. I hope to finish it by moving my backup server to the new case.

Thanks. That’s helpful. I decided to get an R720 I found on Ebay for $60. I’m not sure if it was a good choice but I’m excited to try it out!

Can you please explain?

Used 2nd hand sounds great, but the price range online is huge. Which units would you recommend and about how much should I expect to pay for them?

Used 2nd hand sounds great, but the price range online is huge. Which units would you recommend and about how much should I expect to pay for them?

Can you explain this? Why does it have to be open?

What are your thoughts on the U6+ vs U7 Pro? I’m not in an apartment so I probably don’t need 6 GHz? The U7 pro seems more modern and future proof, though but I do like the OpenWrt compatibility in case I don’t like stock firmware.

What do you think about the U7 Pro?

Which ones do you have? Which ones would you get if you were buying now?

This sounds great! I’d love to see your config. I’m not using home manager, but have 1 non root user for all podman containers. 1 user per service seems like a great setup.