The scientific method has fundamentally changed the trajectory of the human species. How? By fixing the core problem of how humans figured out what they thought was truth throughout history: Bias. The scientific method enabled humans, for the first time, to *systematically* test our theories […]

The last 10-15 years have been something of a renaissance for virtuosic #guitar #music. I am here for it. There are many fantastic guitarists that I love, but out of all of them, David Maxim Micic holds a really special place for me. He uses the language and mannerisms of djent-y metal, but […]

A thread about #guitar and #musicproduction. https://bsky.app/profile/stephenfroeber.bsky.social/post/3lgxnh5orek24

Alright...this might be a hot take, but also, it's the truth and I don't make the rules: A sizeable percentage of #linux "distro" hoppers are really just desktop environment hoppers. And, to be clear: hop those DE's all day long if it tickles your fancy! It can be fun! All I'm saying is your […]

Fellow #musicproducer #audioengineer #musician nerds with an interest in #linux good news! https://bsky.app/profile/stephenfroeber.bsky.social/post/3lgqxoguzos2k

Ok, the world is really dark right now…but there are still breathtakingly beautiful #guitars being made, so there’s that. https://www.ceccariniguitars.it/en-gb/electric-guitars?product_id=122

One of the most difficult parts of my transition to #linux still revolves around creative tasks. Background: former professional musician/photographer/videographer, now cloud software engineer. I daily drive a flavor of @fedora. For all of my development projects, and for day to day tasks, it […]

Calling all #k8s @fedora#k8snerds: Does anyone have some sensible, pre-canned Ignition files for #coreos that are good for rolling a #k3s cluster in a homelab that you're willing to share? (Reference: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/producing-ign/)

Advanced users of #truenas, a penny for your thoughts. I’m comparing the following scenarios: - Native apps - #portainer/Docker Compose - Roll my own VM nodes into a k3s cluster I’m a cloud engineer by day, so very comfortable with all 3 scenarios from a technical implementation perspective […]

Is anyone else tinkering with their #homelab and working on #selfhosting as way to distract and numb yourself from the collapse of democracy and the rise of far right lunacy in government happening all around? Asking for a friend. 😅

Calling all @nextcloud Home users (especially those that migrated from Apple’s ecosystem)! I was about to start self-hosting an instance on my #truenas server. Any thoughts? Opinions? Things you would do differently? Did you go for a full migration, or is it more piecemeal? #selfhosting […]

My toxic trait is that I fundamentally enjoy tinkering with technology, and I write software for a living...but I also fundamentally hate what technology has become in our society, and sometimes want to just have a little offgrid beachside homestead with a vegetable garden.

This one’s probably not gonna make me any friends, but here we go. So I see a lot of people in the #selfhosted community talk about not using big tech services from an ethics perspective. The types of concerns usually fall into 2 camps: 1. Not supporting those companies financially 2. Not […]

I don't use Proton so I don't have any skin in the game, but I understand people who'd want to leave after what the CEO said. I also understand why someone would not want to leave despite being completely against the CEO's words and opinions. It sucks having to move from service to service […]

I really appreciate the other #linux nerds that pointed me in the direction of #auroradx. #bazzite is still pretty cool, but Aurora meets my particular use case a little better. I've now been driving it for about a month, and I am *really* liking it. For any #fedora #kde enthusiasts that […]

Sometimes, it’s nice to not do anything remotely close to using a computer. #kitesurfing #aruba

A little user facing #linux in the wild on my flight. #delta

Ok, I've got a #cloudengineer spicy 🌶️ take that will lose some followers. (Preface: I've used #terraform and built up some moderately complex infra with it. Nothing crazy. I'm not an expert, but definitely not new to it either.) I will take #ansible every day of the week over TF for any […]

After I made the decision to move away from #apple at least for my laptop, I decided to get an Asus and go all in on #linux for daily driving. I’ve been using various Linux distros at work for years, but rarely as an end user in a desktop environment. I’ve had my #asus #zephyrus #ryzen now for […]

Ok, here's my #opensource spicy take: If we philosophically want #foss to work at a wider scale within our current economic system, we must first address the problem that is nicely represented by the allegorical story of the "Elephant King." It's a story that comes from Buddhism (and don't […]

Exciting! Just finished up a new PC build for my #TrueNAS Scale server, and getting to that first screen feels so good. This will replace my venerable #synology. I used to build PC's from scratch when I was younger, but I haven't done an entire build in […] [Original post on defcon.social]

I recently did a "soft" distro switch from #fedora workstation to #kinoite, with a specific variant called #bazzite. https://bazzite.gg/ I already use containers all the time in my day job, so the Atomic desktop approach makes a ton of sense to me. I also recently switched from a Macbook Pro […]

So…at first there was a little bit of friction, but now that I’ve been reading up on #fedora #kinoite Im getting the hang of the differences between it and workstation. I installed #bazzite on my #asus #zephyrus and I think I might actually end up preferring this. I’m gonna give it more time […]

Hey fellow #fedora users: anyone switched from #kde Plasma Desktop to #kinoite? It looks pretty cool, and I’m thinking of giving it a go.

https://bsky.app/profile/stephenfroeber.bsky.social/post/3ld2wcjqsn22m #opensource #k8s #sustainability #greenenergy

It feels good to be putting things out into the world again. It's chill, and totally for fun, and that feels right. youtu.be/bq87T_n7tMs

Wow. I used to build custom PC's when I was younger. I haven't done it in a long time, just because I have been with Apple for so many years...but I've started seriously considering it again after daily driving @fedora for a while. My Synology NAS is getting long in the tooth, and I've been […]

Calling all fellow #homelab #k8s nerds: Is anyone running #k3s with the #pi5? (Especially those running multi-node) Any issues or gotchas with #arm64? I was thinking of running something like @fedora #coreos unless PiOS is fine. I was also gonna run #etcd on my #nas to get some #ha going […]