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Jellyfin Docker Compose is Brilliant
After the little snafu of DuckDuckGo’s Assist box showing non-official directions, I tried the Docker Compose install and, with just a little set up. My docker-compose.yml here. Most of the changes are commenting out the user, running it as root, and hiding the environment configuration for now. Also note using the Plex media folder for…
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Potential F3800 API Options
Update: There is an MQTT sensor API! Following up on the F3800, otherwise quite good dual voltage standalone home backup but sans API, there are attempts at connecting to the unit. The standout is GitHub thomluther’s builds for Solix products but these are mainly balcony units outside the US. https://github.com/thomluther/ha-anker-solix Second there is an attempt…
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Search Assist Boxes don’t pull from official docs?
Going to install Jellyfin and for, whatever reason, the main suggestion isn’t the official instructions. Why exactly?
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Ubuntu 25.10 Remote Desktop Auto-Setup
Warning: Potentially Insecure Scripts Below Following up on a previous post trying to get the x11-less Ubuntu 25.10 set up with GUI management it looks like it’s possible to get Remote Desktop working. (Spice, unfortunately, has not been updated much in a long time and the install command seems to not work.) This doesn’t work…
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No x11 in Ubuntu 25.10 means no (easy) VNC
While my 2-3 local Ubuntu servers are mostly managed via SSH CLI, it is helpful to have visual access particularly for programs that need mouse interaction. With Ubuntu 25.10, Canonical is moving away from x11 (for a variety of reasons.) Now Ubuntu can use the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) but the password rotates on reboot…
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Python starting place
Python has been around for 34 years and is a great language for both high level app building and quick scripts. I’ve started a few projects using it but haven’t published anything. For a starting place I went to the beginners guide at https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/ but the recommendations are a very broad list where I was…