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@SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone has the correct read of the rules.

If its an AI discussion of some sort, then its an AI Topic with an AIT tag, but “this isn’t a discussion about AI” does not have a tag.

Just get repair clips, no need to cut the cable and re-crimp.

Also get snagless cables, they tend to use a much higher quality plastic for the tabs.

Just about everything is Proxmox for me, though a few things are just Debian.

I use LXCs, in general I don’t like Docker so I avoid it in most cases. I have a couple VMs for it where I may spin something up to test, but if its around long-term it gets moved to an LXC. Usually because I prefer a bit more control on setup, and find it more manageable than having a bunch of mounts for everything. It also keeps things arranged in a way I prefer, gives me a single interface to access what I want, and makes backup more straightforward.

Whether I want a whole VM or just to run a single app as a service, I only have to go to one spot to do it.

Well thats what I get for skimming and only catching the first two sentences - thanks!

Just use nginx and certbot manually then, its just a pretty front end for them after all.

I’m fairly certain NPM (nginx proxy manager) doesn’t have any llm use inherently within the project, not sure on financial support. Other people have made context providers to use an LLM with NPM, but I don’t believe the core package itself does.

May be what meets your reqs.

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Proxmox is based on Debian the way Ubuntu is, but more highly focused and without departing from main Debian strategies.

Proxmox is a kernel and set of tools for managing virtual machines and containers, in this case LXCs. These are different from docker, they share the kernel with the host but have isolation at namespaces (user id’s, process trees, network views, etc). They boot in seconds because they bypass hardware virtualization like you’d have with a VM.

I’d say gaming is better off as its own project effort. You could do things like GPU pass through and a dedicated VM for gaming, but you would be adding a pretty hefty layer of complication. If you dont need to convert av1 to something else, I’d just go with a 7th+ gen iGPU, and dont worry about it. Mine are 7th-10th gen, I have dozens of TBs of media, and they just chug along without issue handling somewhere between 4 and 6 streams at typical top use, mostly streamed without transcoding anyway. AV1 for the source file, you’ll be transcoding almost everything because most devices dont support native decode anyway, so I don’t personally find it worth it yet.

Just to mention, your Mac (if its an M series) can handle LLMs reasonably. I have an M2 Mac mini that runs some models, but my web interface for accessing those models is hosted on an LXC on one of my proxmox nodes.

It mostly gets used for local audio transcription and summaries, though occasional I’ll let it do other things like autocompletes for code (but not generating code, I don’t consider generated code to be useful).

I’d still say no.

You don’t really want a desktop task to crash and take down all of your services in one shot. As a VM with GPU pass through maybe, but not really in that beginner territory.

A solid call either way, easier to manage and safer imo

No, not really.

I have a whole complex setup including unique profiles and auth with unique limitations per user on services, like what books are available on the eBook server, what shows/movies they can see, even which block list is applied for DNS.

But things like app restrictions on a tablet are entirely manual. I kiosked off and will manually install via adb.

There isnt really an equivalent single tool I’m aware of.

For mdadm, it stores the metadata on the drives themselves. As long as your os is separate, yes, it should be just fine and detect automatically. After install it should just be a mdadm --assemble --scan and off to the races.

That said, I will always recommend backups. You never know what will happen.

In terms of docker, yes you can back things up and move them over. That said I recommend having your docker contents that need to be persistent as part of a mount somewhere, so that instead of needing to copy them around, you just have a compose that points to a mount.

Makes backups easier too.

Distro kind of matters.

Its a server, stability is the top priority. I’d avoid Ubuntu personally, and recommend Debian and Debian variants. For your first server (and your 4th+), I’d suggest proxmox. Its Debian with virtualization and a web interface, making it easy to manage services.

I’d also mention that you do not want a DE for your server. Its a lot of overhead for no real benefit, instead you should think of it as a headless machine you can remotely access - which is also what will make proxmox handy for you.

Intel wins in transcoding in most scenarios, so an intel-based system with an iGPU is a solid target. Full transcoding of AV1 starts with 14th gen, but that includes to AV1. For decode of AV1 for transcoding, 11th+. For anything else, 7th+.

With ram you can do more with more, but leveraging virt will make the load a lot lighter. Ive got systems with 32GB, but they are also hosting whole ass VMs and not just lxc’s.

PiGallery/PiGallery2 , Photoview, HomeGallery, lychee, or thumbsup might be up your alley.

Personally I use Immich and ImmichFrame.

I’d say so, afaik they only go as small as a CF in 4TB.

I’m just going to use a flip phone that can hotspot.

https://github.com/ImAiiR/QobuzDownloaderX/wiki/Logging-In-(The-Alternate-Way)

A large arena, including FOH, BOH, maintenance crews, security details, riggers, electricians, etc, etc…

Is going to cost $150k or so.

You are defending the guy. He could pay everyone and it wouldn’t have even the slightest impact to his net worth.

Sheeran has enough money to pay all those folks, refund the tickets, and skip any venues owned by shitheads.

There is no reason to cover for this twit.