w33k in g33k: September 26, 2025
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Sean P. McAdam
Linux
- It’s FOSS: How I Configure Polybar to Customize My Linux Desktop: “Polybar is a standout choice among these alternatives. It’s a fast, highly customizable status bar that not only looks great but is also easy to configure.”
- polybar: “A fast and easy to use tool for creating status bars”
- Ubuntu Touch on rabbit r1: I still had a spare r1 sitting around & happen to see that Ubuntu Touch supports it, so after some troubleshooting, i was finally able to get Ubuntu Touch running on my r1. I may end up writing a specific post about this because i ran onto some issues (probably of my own making) & also some other things that might not have been on me, so others may have the same issue.
- Friendly Elec: NanoPi R5C: I have had this for ages & never did anything with it… trying to actuall get some kind of use for it.
- Friendly Elect Wiki: NanoPi R5C
- Out-of-date version of Ubuntu on a ThinkPad, so just going to start that off clean…: Lenovo Support: How to boot from a USB Drive - ThinkPad: F12 at boot.
Meshtastic
- Heltec: WiFi LoRa 32(V4), ESP32S3 + SX1262 LoRa Node, Meshtastic and LoRaWAN Compatible: I have a v3, so i figured I would look into the v4 to see if i should upgrade, or just get it as an additional node to use.
Privacy
- GitHub: yaelwrites / Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
Miscellaneous
- Hack a Day: Trapped Soul In Time For Halloween
- ntfy: Example: Private instance: Looking into how i can configure users \ credentials for certain ntfy topics.
Self-Host Weekly (26 September 2025)
- GitHub: silverbulletmd / silverbullet: “An open source personal productivity platform built on Markdown, turbo charged with the scripting power of Lua”
- GitHub: SluberskiHomeLab / ditdashdot: “DitDashDot is a simple, clean, and easy-to-configure services dashboard designed specifically for homelabs. Built with React.js and containerized with Docker, it provides a central hub to view and manage your homelab services.”
- GitHub: LoredCast / filewizard: “File Converter, OCR, Transcription & TTS WebUI”
- GitHub: cassandra / home-information: “Home Information - Your home, your data, organized.”
- Saw this one on reddit too
- GitHub: surajverma / homehub: “A lightweight, no-login, self-hosted family utility for your home.”
- GitHub: rippleFCL / meshmon: “Distributed monitoring ting”
- GitHub: alexanderwanyoike / the0: “Open Source Algorithmic Trading Platform”
- GitHub: BookHeaven / BookHeaven.Server: “Official BookHeaven Server web app to manage your ebook library.”
- GitHub: jofoerster / habitsync: “Modern Habit Tracker featuring synchronization and challenges with friends”
- selfh.st: Optimal Plex Settings for Privacy-Conscious Users
- YouTube: Techno Tim Ultimate Plex Dashboard | Monitor All the Things
- YouTube: Christian Lempa: Self-hosted automation for EVERYTHING! // n8n Tutorial