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Cake day: October 23rd, 2023

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  • I have 2 streamers.

    In the main room I just use an Xbox console. It streams all the services and I use it for gaming.

    In the other room I built my own LibreElec, basically omsc, on a raspberry pi. It plays all my home content and can do Netflix and Amazon prime with some work. It also services as a retro pi box where I can do retro gaming emulation.

    The problem I always had with the home boxes is the lack of support for Hulu and HBO. Netflix worked with an API key. It does the job even if the interface is a little wonky.


  • Welcome to the fold.

    Been running nextcloud for 8+ years. Love the auto upload and bookmark sharing apps.

    The contacts and calendar apps support DAV…I use DAVx on android to sync contacts and calendar to nextcloud …haven’t sync’d to Google. Grab it from FDroid. I have an article on my web blob explaining how to do it.

    Remember to backup your cloud data and secure your web portal or run over private vpn.

    Oh and go find the php updater script…it’s a life saver.






  • I use this.

    I have Ms VoIP as my provider. $1 month per line and 1 cent per min.

    I have a grand stream sip adapter… Configured with my providers info and my creds. Phone can plug into it. Works just fine. Plus you can use any sip client to connect to the same line from mobile or PC.

    Also, my old house had pots lines in every room. I took my grand stream and wired it into the house, not a phone. So I can plug regular phones into any of the original outlets and it works as it directly connected to the grand stream. I have 4 regular phones all running over original wires into the grandstream using sip




  • It’s all about privacy.

    I am amazed at services offered that run rampant in the home.

    My ISP offers fiber. But only if you also sign up for managed wifi where they manage your internal net…no way

    I got a quote for solar power…but they must use a 3rd party cloud to manage your power and it uses eth over electrical … If you use eth over electrical already, then it does whatever it wants in your home network …no way.

    Cell phones? They all go into a guest wifi…not on my home network.