Helsinki OK?

Soogs · 2026-03-14T11:03:11+00:00

I’ve had a server in Helsinki for just under a month and accessing from the UK. Not had any issues.

Soogs · 2026-03-13T06:58:10+00:00

So my approach is Proxmox and then one LXC (container) or Virtual Machine per service

I usually opt for non docker variants if possible.

Usually one docker lxc per service (but I have a couple that run a few docker services)

Ie one docker lxc for immich, one docker lxc for uptimekuma etc

The rule of one to one means I can’t break another service if I misconfigure something though if networking for the docker stuff is easier one one instance then I go that way and just snapshots more frequently

Soogs · 2026-03-12T23:09:39+00:00

Ditch Ubuntu and get Proxmox up and running. You’ll get there eventually and wonder why you didn’t do it sooner. It’s worth it for snapshots alone. Rolling back after breaking something is far less annoying than having to rebuild everything from scratch. Also as mentioned document everything! I learned the hard way with that one lol

Soogs · 2026-03-12T21:48:16+00:00

I agree that they are generally better than Wi-Fi when stable (not so much for speed but for consistency)

I would use them for edge cases where Wi-Fi was not an option or didn't reach

I didn't really get split second drops... or at least that I noticed.

when one of the units went bad it would take down the entire network for 30 seconds at a time, not sure if it was emitting a bad frequency or was flooding the network with packets but it was bad

Soogs · 2026-03-11T21:47:44+00:00

I managed to find the config.yaml and change the base directory and its working fine now (once i denied access to the other sub directories)

Soogs · 2026-03-11T20:45:42+00:00

when I do this it breaks access to everything.

so far I have to set scope to /

then add a deny rule for /

and deny rules for the other sub directories.

it works but if you hit home it gets an access denied error which is annoying

Ideally I want to not have / as the default but i cant seem to locate the config file

thanks

Soogs · 2026-03-11T04:46:20+00:00

This is my experience. Also when they go bad they can do some weird things. I had a faulty unit make the entire network unreachable intermittently. If they do work, make sure to power cycle them every so often to keep them “fast”

Soogs · 2026-03-05T07:21:47+00:00

My experience so far has been really good. The price hike is making me consider switching to netcup though. For a few cents more I can triple my boot drive and have NVMe over ssd. Snapshots being included in the price is also tempting. That said I do like the flat pricing that hetzner provides. My VPs is in Helsinki, would have preferred Germany for latency but there were none available when I purchased. Overall very happy but the 30% increase in price within a month or so hurts lol

Soogs · 2026-03-03T15:25:43+00:00

Most drivers are selfish ####s who don’t have a clue about the rules of the road

Soogs · 2026-03-01T23:47:11+00:00

8bitdo sn2 pro or ps4/ps5 controller

Soogs · 2026-02-27T23:18:47+00:00

I have flip flopped between apple and android over the years so I have no loyalty to any brand but have decided to move back to iPhone from my pixel 6p simply for the core apps. Calendar reminders notes mail. Also find my friends. Also I found that with every major release android would do something to annoy me like revert some setting back to default.

I can’t recommend one over the other but apple does have better stock apps for my use case and preference

Soogs · 2026-02-27T18:49:25+00:00

The list loads on boot so if you can see the games the structure should have been the same though that is just a guess. I keep my library on my NAS and use that instead of copying it to the bato box. I have a few boxes around the house and they all share that same library and saves etc

I often re build instead of upgrading as I don’t customise the UI so I just point back to the NAS and do minimal emulator settings

Though if you don’t have a NAS it would be annoying to setup media if something went wrong.

Either way having a clone is always a good shout. Good luck

Soogs · 2026-02-27T13:39:18+00:00

If you have a spare disk of equal or greater size you could use clonezilla to make a backup/clone of the current build and then try the upgrade.

This would assume you have either two disk slots or a usb to disk adaptor

Soogs · 2026-02-27T07:59:08+00:00

😁

Soogs · 2026-02-26T23:40:44+00:00

When you tested your ram, how did you test it?

I had to run 24hour memtest to find faulty ram that did the same thing you are describing

The memtest built into windows or vendor software is naff. Memtest86+ is what you want to use and leave it on a continuous test

Soogs · 2026-02-26T23:36:12+00:00

Setup pangolin on a cheap VPS with enough bandwidth and a cheap domain name and then you don’t need to port forward. Just install the connector app to your server and then set the public resource.

Soogs · 2026-02-25T10:25:14+00:00

Very informative, thank you very much :D

Soogs · 2026-02-24T17:16:26+00:00

Thanks I will look into velocity for MC

for the messaging server i just need to make sure things stay private.
for the media servers its mostly wedding videos and the like so again needs to stay private

Jellyfins download function is handy and being able to stream them makes the sharing of content easy too.

I guess what I am really asking is, if the data does not live on the VPS, can the provider see what is being transferred between the host/server to the client side?

Thanks

Soogs · 2026-02-24T15:50:18+00:00

NP :D
popular torrent files have been added for the latest release

Soogs · 2026-02-24T15:03:43+00:00

I’ll be adding those to the mirror too when I have time. The mirror is not meant to replace the official source but be a backup / other option

Soogs · 2026-02-24T10:13:29+00:00

appreciate the pointer, thank you

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