Just a relaxing day at the river. Nice, cozy, calm. Nature 😃. We've also bought a big carpet to put in the motorhome to make it cozy and keep it clean.
Just a relaxing day at the river. Nice, cozy, calm. Nature :). We've also bought a big carpet to put in the motorhome to make it cozy and keep it clean.
So we managed to fix the Borg package for YNH. Thus I was able to have proper backups. I made backups for all of the apps and YNH.
Bought a dedicated server from Hetzner that was still providing Debian 11 images.
Installed YNH there
Restored all backups there except for the TROMjaro Forum (Discord) that's broken.
Managed to do the YNH upgrade there
Bought a Webdock Server (where our websites were originally hosted)
Installed the new YNH there
Restored the backups
Made a mistake and bought an expensive server, could not downgrade, bought yet another one from Webdock and migrated the websites there (easier this time, snapshot based)
It was a LOT of work. Not click here and do that. Debug, fix, wait...I worked almost 24h since yesterday. But now all seems to be fine. New server. Everything upda
So we managed to fix the Borg package for YNH. Thus I was able to have proper backups. I made backups for all of the apps and YNH.
Bought a dedicated server from Hetzner that was still providing Debian 11 images.
Installed YNH there
Restored all backups there except for the TROMjaro Forum (Discord) that's broken.
Managed to do the YNH upgrade there
Bought a Webdock Server (where our websites were originally hosted)
Installed the new YNH there
Restored the backups
Made a mistake and bought an expensive server, could not downgrade, bought yet another one from Webdock and migrated the websites there (easier this time, snapshot based)
It was a LOT of work. Not click here and do that. Debug, fix, wait...I worked almost 24h since yesterday. But now all seems to be fine. New server. Everything updated.
I have left the TROMjaro Forum on the old server and downgraded its hardware to its lowest possible to keep it cheap. In total we pay a bit less than before despite all of these since I am able to get the money back from all of these servers because I used them for less than 24h. Thus the rush. We are super low on money so we have to be careful about these things.
This was the hardest thing I had to do these past months. Took over a month to fix it overall but now I can relax a bit.
There is a lot of work behind these websites, you know.... But I am happy with the end result.
I love our TROMsite.com, TROMjaro.com, TROMhome.com, VideoNeat.com, Trade-Free.org, TROMnews.com :)
YNH pushed a big update recently from Debian 11 to 12.
Our VPS is containerized and fails to do this big update through YNH. Thus a fatal failure and unable to reach the server if we update. Nuked. Took many failed attempts, and many days to figure the reason.
The hosting company cannot help in any way.
Solution (not really):
Buy a new VPS with Debian 11 (not too easy to find)
Install an older YNH there.
Restore our YNH setup from the older one using Borg and do the update to Debian 12 from that server.
BUMMER! - The Borg YNH app is broken and thus all of our backups are broken. An issue with the folder structure inside the backup archives. Seems easy to fix and they are fixing it, but we need to wait for the update.
AFTER BORG IS FIXED: - Say we buy a new server with Debian 11. Restore YNH there and do the update there.
TROMjaro FORUM WILL BE DEAD: - There is a huge issue it seems with Discourse (the TROMjaro forum software we use). It did not receive any updates in months and months. And it fails to restore any backup on any system. Thus if we move to a new server in order to update to YNH Debian 12, we cannot restore the forum.
Hey @PeerTube this year I will try to push our Peertube instance to get more eyeballs and people interested to join. But we need to also help each other. We have a few original Peertube channels that prioritize Peertube and are not simply "second hand youtube channels".
For one you may be aware but we published a 5 hours documentary exclusively on Peertube - videos.trom.tf/w/p/fVpfZ9VfWrW… Subtitled in several languages. We even talk about The Fediverse and Peertube in the documentary.
Hey @PeerTube this year I will try to push our Peertube instance to get more eyeballs and people interested to join. But we need to also help each other. We have a few original Peertube channels that prioritize Peertube and are not simply "second hand youtube channels".
For one you may be aware but we published a 5 hours documentary exclusively on Peertube - videos.trom.tf/w/p/fVpfZ9VfWrW… Subtitled in several languages. We even talk about The Fediverse and Peertube in the documentary.
We have our entire TROM channel there - videos.trom.tf/c/trom/videos - Hundreds of videos. And this year I will start a new video series. Some videos will also be about the fediverse, peertube, and FOSS.
We recently started our motorhome adventures (very family friendly channel) - videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome and we are posting there twice a week or so.
Be Brave To Act made by @Dima has really great and original content about volunteering. We will try to help him keep the channel updated - he mainly posts on youtube.
We need more original Peertube creators and not simply those who "mirror" their Youtube channels there. If people know that the channel X posts only on Peertube and not on Youtube, it may make these people follow on Peertube. But if people know that channel X posts on Youtube and Peertube is just like a mirror....is different.
You and others need to help us and people like us, if possible, to get the Peertube content out. So that people get to use Peertube more often.
I choose to post on Peertube first, or only, despite not reaching as many people as I would on Youtube, but I do it because I think it is worth the effort to promote this sane alternative to the giant ad-platform that Youtube is.
And thank you for what you've created. By "helping" us, I mean perhaps promote good and original Peertube content on your homepage and also share it if possible. So the newcomers get to see that Peertube is not just the awesome software you've built, but people use it to create original/good content.
We live in a world where everyone is busy, everyone is consumed, everyone seems confused. Money, social credits, ads, data collection, prices and billionaires. Climate change? Who cares! A one-marb...
thank you for what you do, we need original peertube content. In my very small channel I upload exclusively to peertube, but unfortunately I get very few views and almost no comments
I agree, we need much more promotion so it can take traction, that seems to be the biggest hurdle at the moment.
In it's current state #peertube and it's connection to the #fediverse via #activitypub is already far superior to #youtube ! In addition to so many other features:)
One thing I think that is really needed is perhaps a way to "boost" content that could point to a central database on #joinpeertube so we would have a way of discovering popular videos.
Thanks for pointing out this issue and pushing for PeerTube to be more widely known!
Actually, we don't have the human resources (and therefore the time) to do what you suggest on our own. We couldn't imagine promoting videos without first reviewing them, and watching videos... takes a lot of time! 1/2
What we could imagine is a community effort to curate exclusive PeerTube videos. Something like what @FediVideo already does.
That way, our small team could promote them more easily! Either through our social medias or by adding them to the front page of joinpeertube.org.
Soooo... sorry for not saying "Yes, we'll work on it ASAP!" even though we'd love to do so! Maybe in the future, with the help of our community, your suggestion will become possible!
For what it is worth, the line between YouTube and PeerTube is not always as stark as this. For example @michellemay gets most of her views on YouTube but she features the Fediverse in her videos, she even did a video dedicated entirely to the Fedi which she put on YouTube.
Some are on both YouTube and PeerTube equally, and will interact on both platforms.
I think it is worth welcoming these kinds of accounts.
YouTube can be a gateway to PeerTube if we welcome these kinds of accounts which have feet in both worlds.
This will be especially true if/when YouTube enshittifies further, PeerTube could become the better way of viewing videos for a lot of people if they see it as an option presented by the YouTube channels they follow.
Going back to Michelle's channel, this kind of thing is excellent for the Fediverse:
YouTube can be a gateway to PeerTube if we welcome these kinds of accounts which have feet in both worlds.
This will be especially true if/when YouTube enshittifies further, PeerTube could become the better way of viewing videos for a lot of people if they see it as an option presented by the YouTube channels they follow.
Going back to Michelle's channel, this kind of thing is excellent for the Fediverse:
The Fediverse is a relatively new concept for most of us, so today I'm covering what it is, why it's relevant for crafters, and how you can join! And if you don't want to join, that's ok too, at least now you know what it is you're not joining :D
If you enjoy my videos, please consider supporting the channel or checking out my patterns over at ko-fi.com/thegiddystitcher
RESOURCES:
If you just want to take my advice and start off with the biggest Mastodon server, do so here! joinmastodon.org
Curated list of other decent Mastodon servers - fedi.garden
I understand about vetting the videos. I also have to do this with the content we promote. Takes time indeed. But somehow this needs to be done bit by bit so that people understand Peertube is not just a place to mirror youtube videos. You do enough work on the software already so I am thinking if there are ways for me/us to help with the content discovery.
Maybe if you'd have some guidelines as to what can go on the joinpeertube page some people could "apply" to get their content featured.
In any case, thanks for your work. We will continue ours ;).
I agree that Peertube loses something good about centralization: a way to search the entire Peertube network. I think joinpeertube.org/browse-conten… does that well tho. And every instance can enable global searches like we do with videos.trom.tf - tho this is a general issue with decentralization and even these global searches will not search through all of the content.
One server needs to discover another and its contents in order to be aware of them. But this technology I think is still in its early stages and looking at how much Peertube evolved over the past 2-3 years it gives me hope that there will be better solutions for this.
I like the idea of grayjay.app/ where you are following "creators" and not channels. Can be Youtube, Peertube, or whatever. The fediverse needs to be integrated with the other platforms like this through some sort of app maybe....
PeerTube's own Sepia Search is trying to cover having a single search system in one place. It uses a blocklist system to screen out bad content when it's reported.
I'm trying to do my own single place to discover content at fedi.video but using an allowlist system instead, so I only allow accounts to appear on the site if I manually approve them.
These are the two ways of providing a unified search for discovery, I think there's a place for both?
What a crazy documentary....And people still need to watch movies?! Reality is far more complex, interesting, weird and all that. Watch it here - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
A professor has a relationship with a nonverbal man who has cerebral palsy. Their affair leads to a criminal trial over disability and consent. The film shows interviews and footage that present both perspectives.
YNH pushed a big update recently from Debian 11 to 12.
Our VPS is containerized and fails to do this big update through YNH. Thus a fatal failure and unable to reach the server if we update. Nuked. Took many failed attempts, and many days to figure the reason.
The hosting company cannot help in any way.
Solution (not really):
Buy a new VPS with Debian 11 (not too easy to find)
Install an older YNH there.
Restore our YNH setup from the older one using Borg and do the update to Debian 12 from that server.
BUMMER! - The Borg YNH app is broken and thus all of our backups are broken. An issue with the folder structure inside the backup archives. Seems easy to fix and they are fixing it, but we need to wait fo
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Very much stuck with updating our TROMsite server. That is all of the websites we have except the TROM.tf ones.
YNH pushed a big update recently from Debian 11 to 12.
Our VPS is containerized and fails to do this big update through YNH. Thus a fatal failure and unable to reach the server if we update. Nuked. Took many failed attempts, and many days to figure the reason.
The hosting company cannot help in any way.
Solution (not really):
Buy a new VPS with Debian 11 (not too easy to find)
Install an older YNH there.
Restore our YNH setup from the older one using Borg and do the update to Debian 12 from that server.
BUMMER! - The Borg YNH app is broken and thus all of our backups are broken. An issue with the folder structure inside the backup archives. Seems easy to fix and they are fixing it, but we need to wait for the update.
AFTER BORG IS FIXED: - Say we buy a new server with Debian 11. Restore YNH there and do the update there.
TROMjaro FORUM WILL BE DEAD: - There is a huge issue it seems with Discourse (the TROMjaro forum software we use). It did not receive any updates in months and months. And it fails to restore any backup on any system. Thus if we move to a new server in order to update to YNH Debian 12, we cannot restore the forum.
For what it's worth, I had more problems updating Ubuntu on my wife's old laptop from 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS than I did migrating my laptop from Debian 11 to Debian 12... But I don't have server stuff running on either of those, so I don't have the complexity you have!
How awesome that on the fediverse you can follow our Peertube TROMhome channel directly via tromhome@videos.trom.tf - no need to have any Peertube account. Follow it from your Friendica, Mastodon, or whatever network you are using.
This is light years ahead of the BS of Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and the like, who are islands of ads, controlled by a few rich people.
Thank you to everyone who works on making the fediverse as great as it is!
Well, it went exactly as wrong as we were fearing. Very bad! But we managed to fix it. And we broke our second electric tool while doing this. Putting an extraction fan in the bathroom is really a ...
Passer une bonne nuit, des matins tranquilles, avoir le choix, du temps pour s'amuser et jouer, écouter les oiseaux chanter, de longues promenades, un bon livre, cuisiner son plat préféré, des couchers de soleil colorés, pouvoir s'exprimer librement, des siestes pendant la journée, une bonne conversation...
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Chipotle Axelotl (aka Julian)
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