@h3artbl33d #OwnYourData
Always.

I can't help it, I love beautiful, modern, minimal designs. Most user interfaces just don't appeal to me. Book apps, in particular, often feel old-fashioned. There's nothing wrong with old things though; retro tech from the 80s and 90s has its own charm, and people really knew how to make beautiful things back then.

But bad UI is a different story, it's clumsy, built with off-the-shelf frameworks without much thought, and often lacks proper design guidelines, plan or structure. That's why I can't use Bookwyrm, for example.

I read a lot and have mostly been using https://getbookshelf.com on iOS along with a CSV file since leaving Goodreads. Right now, I'm checking out alternatives. Even StoryGraph doesn't quite do it for me. https://margins.app looks promising, and Bookcover is okay but missing some features.

So, if in another world I decided to make my own fork and app, contribute to Bookwyrm, and completely refresh its UI like I did for Mastodon with the Mastodon Bird UI - what would you think of that?

#Books #BookApps #Margins #BookWyrm #UI #UIDesign #FrontEnd #BookTrackers #OwnYourData #SelfHost

Time Machine inside a FreeBSD jail

Learn how to back up your Mac by setting up a Time Machine instance inside a FreeBSD jail using BastilleBSD and Samba. A quick and "painless" way to leverage ZFS snapshots for your macOS backups.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/time-machine-freebsd-jail/

#ITNotes #FreeBSD #Apple #Backup #Data #OwnYourData #Server #TimeMachine #Tutorial #zfs #BastilleBSD #Bastille #Samba

it is never too late to #GoSovereign 🌱

#OwnYourData #decentralization #privacy #DeltaChat #ArcaneChat #digitalindependence #sovereign

@EnigmaRotor @stefano @seiz
iCloud isn't really an option for me. My only expectations from Apple are security and regular updates. I use my own solutions for the cloud part. #ownyourdata

A client's consultant needs to send me a file (around 5GB) which I have to download onto a Proxmox server. They sent a SharePoint link, but obviously, a direct download to the server is impossible (403 error). I can only download it via my local PC - and upload it via my 20 Mbit/sec outbound connection, but for the fourth time now, the download has stalled after just over 1GB, and resuming isn't working.
We really can't help but overcomplicate simple things, can we?

#Rants #IT #OwnYourData

A client's consultant needs to send me a file (around 5GB) which I have to download onto a Proxmox server. They sent a SharePoint link, but obviously, a direct download to the server is impossible (403 error). I can only download it via my local PC - and upload it via my 20 Mbit/sec outbound connection, but for the fourth time now, the download has stalled after just over 1GB, and resuming isn't working.
We really can't help but overcomplicate simple things, can we?

#Rants #IT #OwnYourData

Traditional commercial social networks:
"My milkshake is better than yours!"

Fediverse:
"I'll teach you how to make a milkshake, and you keep the milk."

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #OpenSource #OwnYourData

@BeAware I think we can use the Fediverse for two-way media. We can contribute to the internet, not just from the media providers themselves. Two-way. You can come back here to the Fediverse if you feel like creating content without the need for elites claiming the data is theirs or their products! 😄☀️

#Fediverse #DecentralisedWeb #DigitalRights #OwnYourData #NoAlgorithms #OpenWeb #UserControl #EthicalTech #DataOwnership #SocialMediaRevolution #Decentralisation #PrivacyMatters #Web3

This morning, as the zfs-send/receive had finished its job during the night, I performed the last sync and moved FediMeteo from the previous 4 euros/month VPS - netcup - to a 4 euros/month VPS - OVH, Milano, Italy.

Thanks to #BastilleBSD and the jail setup, it was easy peasy.

So, the weather forecasts are now broadcasted from Italy and the performance has skyrocketed - while still being served by a 4 euro/month VPS.

I suspect the netcup VM had been capped by the provider - but I'll investigate.

So...Ciao, FediMeteo!

https://fedimeteo.com

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #VPS #FediMeteo

https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/12/15/gimp-3-2-RC2-released/

Second Release Candidate for GIMP 3.2: New features, bug fixes, performance improvements.

Please report any problems you find to help us make GIMP 3.2 as good as possible!

Mirrors are currently updating, so if you don’t see it, try again in a while.

#GIMP3 #releaseCandidate #GIMP3_2 #Gimp_3 #beta #imageEditor #GPL #freeSoftware #libreGraphics #ownYourData #GIMP

In the past few days I’ve seen talk about RAM prices shooting up due to demand from big datacenters.

Today I read that a historic brand like Crucial - I own plenty of their hardware, including SSDs - is dropping consumer products to focus on gear for those same datacenters.
The result (or maybe the intention?) is to push people away from self hosting, undermine the OwnYourData idea and make everyone depend on huge datacenters for life.

So much for owning your data.
So much for decentralisation.

Because taking down one giant datacenter is far easier than taking down thousands or millions of individual nodes.

Friends and colleagues, don’t trade your freedom for a bit of convenience. Once you give it away, getting it back is very hard.

Always Own Your Data.

#OwnYourData #SelfHosting

I wish there would be end-to-end encrypted, federated micro-blog social media. Social media entries and media aren't stored in plain text, but rather encrypted on the server, and only users who have subscribed to them have the ability to decrypt it.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #DecentralisedWeb #EndToEndEncryption #PrivacyMatters #SecureSocialMedia #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #DataOwnership #OnlinePrivacy #FederatedNetworks #CryptoSocial #PrivacyFirst #SelfHosting #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #SafeSpacesOnline #EncryptionNow #SocialMediaReform #UserControl #NoSurveillance #DecentralisedSocial #TechForGood #PrivacyTools #DigitalSovereignty #StopDataHarvesting #OwnYourData #SecureMessaging #PrivacyActivism #DigitalJustice #Web3 #InformationSecurity #CyberSecurity #OnlineFreedom #ResistSurveillance

I wish there would be end-to-end encrypted, federated micro-blog social media. Social media entries and media aren't stored in plain text, but rather encrypted on the server, and only users who have subscribed to them have the ability to decrypt it.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #DecentralisedWeb #EndToEndEncryption #PrivacyMatters #SecureSocialMedia #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #DataOwnership #OnlinePrivacy #FederatedNetworks #CryptoSocial #PrivacyFirst #SelfHosting #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #SafeSpacesOnline #EncryptionNow #SocialMediaReform #UserControl #NoSurveillance #DecentralisedSocial #TechForGood #PrivacyTools #DigitalSovereignty #StopDataHarvesting #OwnYourData #SecureMessaging #PrivacyActivism #DigitalJustice #Web3 #InformationSecurity #CyberSecurity #OnlineFreedom #ResistSurveillance

https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/12/15/gimp-3-2-RC2-released/

Second Release Candidate for GIMP 3.2: New features, bug fixes, performance improvements.

Please report any problems you find to help us make GIMP 3.2 as good as possible!

Mirrors are currently updating, so if you don’t see it, try again in a while.

#GIMP3 #releaseCandidate #GIMP3_2 #Gimp_3 #beta #imageEditor #GPL #freeSoftware #libreGraphics #ownYourData #GIMP

Bandwagon.fm — Better Social for Musicians. Connect to Your Fans on the Fediverse

Bandwagon is 100% open source, so nobody can lock you in to their platform. Start here, then you'll be able to migrate your account or self-host your Bandwagon data anywhere.

🎶 https://bandwagon.fm

#music #fediverse #bands #followfriday #artists #band #bandwagon #alternative #opensource #ownyourdata #internet

Bandwagon.fm — Better Social for Musicians. Connect to Your Fans on the Fediverse

Bandwagon is 100% open source, so nobody can lock you in to their platform. Start here, then you'll be able to migrate your account or self-host your Bandwagon data anywhere.

🎶 https://bandwagon.fm

#music #fediverse #bands #followfriday #artists #band #bandwagon #alternative #opensource #ownyourdata #internet