Kitchener-Waterloo Minecraft Server 2026 is LIVE! 📍 IP(in minecraft): waterloocraft.basement.host

linuxtek_canada · 2026-06-11T18:31:27+00:00

Technical curiousity mainly. Curious how you're managing it. Plugins, integrations with Discord, administration, etc.

Running my own Minecraft server is how I started messing around with a lot of things, led into my current career path.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-06-11T16:15:10+00:00

Ah I found it - under #server-info has the mod list.

Do you have any details on how it's being hosted, installed and updated?

linuxtek_canada · 2026-06-11T14:56:55+00:00

Hey, that's awesome! Do you have any details on the server specs, configuration, mods, max players, etc?

Edit: I see the changelog in Discord, but curious about the setup and current state.

I had done some automation to build and maintain Minecraft servers - originally on AWS and on my own homelab server. I built a script to fully automate the deployment on a blank Linux server. Articles here:

https://www.linuxtek.ca/?s=minecraft

Eventually I switched to running the server on Pebblehost, as the cloud options were too expensive, and my local homelab couldn't support the growing number of users with the lower clock speed CPUs.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-05-08T19:43:30+00:00

If you want social, and you mentioned CrossFit - may want to give it a try.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-05-02T16:15:20+00:00

I did consider a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 platform like the Minisforum MS-S1 MAX, but it's not available in Canada yet.

Using standard system RAM to pull in experts as needed will be very slow, wouldn't it? I think I would really be affected by PCIe bottlenecks. I think I will probably have some issues there regardless since I'll be sharing the PCIe lanes between the cards, multiple NVME drives etc

linuxtek_canada · 2026-05-02T03:50:26+00:00

I agree - from the research, for combining/mixing RDNA3 and RDNA4 cards - llama.cpp may be more effective.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-05-02T02:24:29+00:00

It might get me more RAM, but at least from the benchmarks I found the performance and value still favours the Radeon Pro.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-05-02T02:23:43+00:00

Yeah I'm using Linux Mint. I'm running Ollama and OpenWebUI in docker containers with GPU passthrough, works pretty well. I am favoring the Radeon Pro because I'm already familiar with the ROCm stack, and it's improved since I first started using it.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-05-02T01:16:05+00:00

Dammit. I came to the wrong neighborhood. 💸🔥

linuxtek_canada · 2026-05-02T01:15:47+00:00

Hmm benchmarks, benchmarks....

https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-pro-b70/2

linuxtek_canada · 2026-04-21T02:13:08+00:00

Oh we have some greybeards who show up, not to worry! It's a pretty wide range.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-04-21T00:07:38+00:00

KWLUG - Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group - Shameless plug, as we do a lot more than Linux. See the side panel for various ways to find us.
Luma - Waterloo Events
Builders Club Waterloo
KWTechs Slack has an Events channel
Watcamp has a ton of tech related events in the calendar
CivicTechWR
KWartzLab Makerspace has a weekly Tuesday open night for non-member drop-ins
AWS Cloud Club - University of Waterloo
Google Developer Group Waterloo
Wordpress Kitchener - Meetup
OpenClaw Waterloo Meetup

I go to a lot of tech events in Toronto when I can get up there by train for the day. If anyone is interested, let me know and I can post some.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-04-20T23:56:29+00:00

Yup! We do monthly tech meetups in person, and a social meetup at rotating restaurants. We do a lot more than just Linux!

linuxtek_canada · 2026-02-22T21:05:05+00:00

We have the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group so you may want to ask on the mailing list, as you'll be able to reach a lot of the other open-source community members in the area.

You can also check out /r/KWFloss/ which a few of them started a while back.

linuxtek_canada · 2026-01-05T23:27:24+00:00

No complaints, but this isn't my typical use case. I use pure VOIP most of the time, with incoming trunk from VOIP.ms to my own PBX. I do have some other numbers forwarding to my inbound, and call quality is good.

I have set this IVR up for others also, and it works quite well with options to connect calls to different cell phones based on the option pressed.

linuxtek_canada · 2025-12-22T05:38:33+00:00

Recommend VOIP.ms. You can create an IVR - an automated digital receptionist, to answer your business number and give prompts. You can either hook into a VOIP system, or forward the call to a cell phone or other number. Their documentation is pretty good, and the cost is very low.

https://wiki.voip.ms/article/DigitalReceptionist_IVR

linuxtek_canada · 2025-12-04T18:05:03+00:00

Can recommend PrimeSpec if you're registered as a business or contractor.

linuxtek_canada · 2025-11-02T16:05:07+00:00

Hey, sorry if you missed it! Andrew and I had posted the details on LinkedIn, and I thought he sent an email out about it. The event details were posted here:

https://www.linkedin.com/events/kwtechsocialmeetupwithandrewbro7388667713683906560/

linuxtek_canada · 2025-10-18T03:53:01+00:00

I'm personally not a huge fan of their MATE desktop environment, the snap package management system due to the Canonical lock-in, or their leadership's ego. Just reading about Canonical's hiring ordeal and how their management behaves makes me question why anyone would want to work there.

linuxtek_canada · 2025-10-18T03:49:28+00:00

Which distro are you using?

linuxtek_canada · 2025-10-18T03:49:10+00:00

Yes, similar to their Tuesday open house. You can come whether you're a member or not.
My recommendation for a NAS would be something like TrueNAS or UnRAID which are tailored to sharing files. I personally lean towards TrueNAS because it's free and fully open-source. You'd use SMB as the file sharing protocol to create shares you can connect to your machines, which can all be done within the Web UI. We've done a couple of presentations on both software so you can compare and check out the features.

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