📚 Books \ Reading Remy Sharp: Review: Bear Head (Dogs of War, #2): To add to my “to read” list that i’m never going to actually get through. Gizmodo: Doom Overtakes 3 Very Different Planets, Earth Included, in This Eerie Sci-Fi Short Story Docker Docker API TLS certs I ran into some issues while getting this setup recently & plan to have a separate post with notes on how i finally got it working. I can also include Rootless Docker + Komodo with the TLS certs. 🎮 Games Deckbrew DeckThemes itch.io: No ICE in Minnesota: “We created this bundle to raise funds for Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota in response to the Trump administration sending ICE agents to the Minneapolis area and the reckless murder of an innocent people by ICE agents. ILCM provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. They also work to educate the community about immigration matters and advocates for public policies which respect the universal human rights of immigrants. ILCM provides services based on capacity and has a generally high demand for services. The more we are able to fundraise, the more people they will be able to assist.” Engadget: Pokemon Pokopia is so damn cozy: “Pokémon Pokopia can be described as a pocket monster-themed take on Animal Crossing with a hint of Stardew Valley thrown in for good measure.” When this was first announced it made my want to pickup Animal Crossing again, especially since there’s been a ton of new update & content since i last played it. If Pokopia is supposed to be (kind of) like Animal Crossing + Pokémon, i’m in =]. Engadget: This Itch.io bundle to help Minnesota includes over 1,200 games and costs just $10 🤓 g33k Notifox Error handling in bash I still mainly use some bash scripts for backups of my services (i.e.: nginx, DailyTxT, Step-CA) so adding some error handling & having notifications got through ntfy or Gotify might be a good idea. I do have notifications currently setup, but there is no fancy logic to it at all. Windows Central: Microsoft just made a command line version of the Microsoft Store for Windows 11 — install and update your apps without a GUI: “Store CLI is available now, and you can get started by typing store --help for a complete list of available commands.” I have scripts \ aliases \ functions written for Linux & macOS to make updating apps easier (macOS App Store included), so it will be nice to have something similar for Windows. CipherOS: CipherOS on Rabbit R1 - Standard Android Experience Unleashed: Android ROM for Rabbit R1 I have run a version of Android on the r1 before & while it wasn’t that bad, i ended up putting Ubuntu Mobile on there for a while. Now i want to give CipherOS a shot to see how it feels. IT Security Help Net Security: Brutus: Open-source credential testing tool for offensive security GitHub: praetorian-inc / brutus: “Fast, zero-dependency credential testing tool in Go. Brute force SSH, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, SMB, and 20+ protocols. Hydra alternative with native fingerprintx/naabu pipeline integration.” Insinuator: One More Thing: Introducing the New macOS 26 Tahoe Hardening Guide Miscellaneous IT’S FOSS: Ghostty vs Kitty: Which Modern Terminal is the Best for Linux Users? IT’S FOSS: DI.DAY is a Movement to Encourage People to Ditch Big Tech IT’S FOSS: I Ditched Claude Code and Now Using Open Source Qwen AI for Real Sysadmin Work 🎥 📺 Movies & TV Gizmodo: The New ‘Stargate’ Is Adding a Familiar Face in a Surprising Way The Mummy 4: Looking forward to this with Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz! Stargate: I mean… i don’t know if i would say this is “Adding a Familiar Face in a Surprising Way”… just that Joe Flanigan from Stargate: Atlantis appears to be a writer for the new series. Self Hosted IT’S FOSS: This Lesser-Known Nextcloud Alternative’s Latest Release Makes it More Suitable for Small Businesses Group-Office: “Open Source groupware & CRM Software” I saw this mentioned as a Nextcloud replacement, but looking it over it doesn’t look like it has as many of the features that Nextcloud does. Maybe if it has some more time & look at it again in the future it will have more of what i’m looking for. 🫂 Social It’s FOSS: Meet Roomy: An Open-Source Discord Alternative for the Decentralized Web: “Roomy is an open-source Discord alternative built on the AT Protocol (ATProto), the same protocol that powers Bluesky, with ActivityPub (the protocol behind Mastodon, Pixelfed, Pleroma, and others) planned for the near future. Currently in alpha, it sits somewhere between Matrix and Discord in terms of its practical position in the broader chat ecosystem.” Since Discord is going to start being creepy & requiring some kind of ID, time to start looking into something else; not that i was using Discord that much. If it really is just for “adult” content then maybe it’s not such a huge deal, but requiring age verification sounds like it’s going in the wrong direction. Ars Technica: Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs Roomy Stoat selh.st: selfh.st: Self-Host Weekly (13 February 2026), by Ethan Sholly Discord Alternatives: I wanted to look into at least some of the servives Ethan has listed here: Established: Matrix, Stoat, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Zulip Smaller But Growing: Campfire, Spacebar, Positive Intentions Newcomers: Sharkord, Fluxer, Haven, OpenChat Forums: Discourse, NodeBB, Lemmy, Apache Answer, Flarum, Storyden See Also: Cinny (Discord-styled Matrix client), MostlyMatters (Mattermost fork without user limits) Vaultwarden Security Fix: v.1.35.3 fixes GHSA-h265-g7rm-h337: “This vulnerability would allow an authenticated attacker that is part of an organization to access items from collections to which the attacker does not belong.” Jeff Geerling: The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop Argon Forty: Argon ONE UP CM5 Laptop Core System: Too bad this is sold out… i am tempted to pick this up. GitHub: amir20 / dozzle: v.10.0.0 I’ve been running Dozzle for a little while now & since it’s a big release, i wanted ot checkout what has been added recently. GitHub: open-webui / open-webui: v0.8.0 I do still have to get back to working on my RasPi5 + AI HAT 2, & see what has been added to OpenWebUI for this version. GitHub: timothepoznanski / poznote: Release 4.6.0 I have to finish my post about the different text editors \ notes \ etc apps I’ve been running so that I can remember why i liked or didn’t like a specific one… But like the adds above, i wanted to read over the release notes here to see what was added with the new version. GitHub: got3nks / amutorrent: “A unified download manager for aMule and rTorrent: manage both ED2K and BitTorrent downloads from a single modern web interface.” Looked pretty, so just wanted to see the details about it. GitHub: CodesWhat / drydock: “Automated container update monitoring with multi-registry support and flexible notifications.” I’m happy now that I moved to Komodo so Drydock might not even be something to look into. GitHub: akitaonrails / FrankMD: “Self-hosted, Simple Markdown Web Editor and Notes Organizer” Because what i need is more note services 🙃 GitHub: ancsemi / Haven: “Self-hosted private chat — your server, your rules. No cloud, no telemetry, no Big Tech. Discord alternative that runs on your own machine.” Not that i even use Discord that much, but i wanted to look into alternatives & believe this is one that Ethan mentioned above. GitHub: TopSwagCode / help-motivate-me: helpmotivate.me: “A habit tracking and identity-based motivation application built with SvelteKit and .NET. Inspired by James Clear’s Atomic Habits, this app helps you build better habits through identity reinforcement, habit stacking, journaling, and AI-assisted guidance.” Might look at this not just for the “motivation” part, but also reminders \ tracking on certain “chores” getting done, how often, etc. GitHub: porthorian / openchat-client: “OpenChat Client is an open-source Electron desktop app that provides a Discord-like experience while connecting each joined server to its own independent backen” Possible Discord alternative. GitHub: ClassicOldSong / Plexsonic: “Plex Music to Subsonic bridge” I probably don’t need another service to play local music when i have Plex & Jellyfin (& i do subscribe to Apple Music… don’t hate me) GitHub: Sharkord / sharkord: “Lightweight, self-hosted, open-source chat server with voice, video, text, and screen sharing. Built for small groups who want privacy, simplicity, and full control over their data.” Possible Discord alternative. GitHub: fr4nsys / usulnet: “Self-hosted platform for managing containers, stacks, security scanning, monitoring, reverse proxy, and multi-node deployments — all from a single, modern interface. A single Go binary with no runtime dependencies. Templates compiled at build time. No Node.js, no Python, no heavy frontend frameworks. Just fast, reliable infrastructure management.” This might not be needed since i’m running Komodo. GitHub: sfox38 / whodunnit: “Whodunnit: A Sensor for Home Assistant which indicates the ‘who’ and ‘how’ behind every state change by linking real-time event contexts to their human or automated origins” There’s only two of us in the house, so this would be overkill… GitHub: Materialious / Materialious: “Materialious is a modern material design frontend for YouTube & Invidious, focused on a clean, privacy-friendly YouTube experience. It supports local video fallback when Invidious fails and is available on Web, Desktop, Android, and Android TV.” Each time i post on Mastodon \ BlueSky \ etc, it kills me a little inside to post a YouTube link instead of something like the Invidious link.