Lemmy is a link aggregator for the fediverse. It provides similar functionality to Reddit but you can host your own instances and federate with other Lemmy instances. It uses the ActivityPub protocol but is not yet federating outside of Lemmy instances. In this video I give some background and take you on a tour of the user interface and features.

Intro 00:00​
Finding an Instance 01:07​
Mobile Apps 06:23​
Documentation 07:04​
Main Feed Interface 08:32​
Commenting / Voting 11:36​
Forum / Topic View 12:40​
Creating a Post 14:08​
Creating a Community 15:22​
Notifications 16:00​
Profile 16:54​
RSS Feeds 17:50​
Conclusion 18:04​

#technology​ #opensource​ #lemmy​ #alternativeto​ #reddit​ #linkaggregator​ #links​ #socialnetwork​ #federated​ #decentralised​ #selfhosted

XMPP is an open protocol that supports Instant Chat, Messaging, Presence, Audio Calls, Blogging, Video Calls, Chat Rooms, IoT, and much more across 1,000's of XMPP servers and numerous client apps. It supports end-to-end OpenPGP or OMEMO encryption for secure chats. It works much like the Fediverse and I explain here how it relates to the Fediverse, what Movim offers for social networking and blogging, and show what some clients look like.

Anyone can also host their own XMPP server if they wish. There is no lock-in to any provider (server side or client side), no adverts, no data being shared. It can be as private or as public as you wish.

Chapter Timecodes:
Intro 00:00
XMPP Overview 01:00
PubSub Standard 05:18
Fediverse Comparison 10:00
Salut a Toi 14:00
Movim Web Interface 15:52
PubSub Posts and RSS 17:42
Personal Chat 21:03
Group Chat Room Posts 23:38
Movim Mobile App 24:44
Conversations Mobile App 26:13
Psi Linux App 27:38
Join Group Chat on Psi 29:35
Service Discovery on Psi 30:15
Gajim on Linux 33:18
Wrap Up 35:05

#XMPP #alternativeto #altmedia #socialnetwork #securemessaging #openpgp #OMEMO #movim #jabber #blogging #opensource #privacy #decentralisation

This open source software allows you to fairly easily model your home (or other buildings) to help you visualise interior home design changes and to export to both photorealistic stills and videos. I've used it twice for alterations to our house and I show how I've used it.

If you profit from selling services around this software please consider donating to the project, it's the right thing to do.

About the Software 00:00
Website 03:01
Furniture Objects 03:50
Main View 05:51
Tip for Roof 07:14
Tip for Skylights and Recesses 07:49
Rooms 08:25
Tip for Shower Glass 09:24
Tip Custom Textures 09:50
Modifying Furniture 13:14
Textures 15:07
Create Photo 18:21
Create Video 19:27
Bathroom Video 20:57
Wrap Up 22:06

Sweet Home 3D website http://www.sweethome3d.com/

#3D #CAD #interiordesign #homedesign #SweetHome3D #plans #blueprints #opensource #FOSS #software #DIY #buildings #renovations #kitchendesign

Web analytics can be useful for content creators to better focus their outputs but where they are abused, shared or sold to 3rd parties then that can be a bad thing. This video demonstrates some of the data that can leak from just visiting websites, whilst services that track your presence, mobile location, whom you are communicating with, etc can be worse as they have more personal data.

The open source tools here collect metadata first-hand and do not share with anyone else. If you need to collect analytics for yourself these can be used instead of Google Analytics, StatCounter, etc.

Matomo - https://matomo.org/
AWStats - http://www.awstats.org/

Chapters:
Metadata and Cookies 00:00
AWStats 03:40
Matomo Dashboard 09:05
Matomo Search Engines Keywords 14:00
Matomo Visitor Info 14:57
Matomo Visitor Behaviour 19:37
Matomo Visitor Acquisition 23:13
Matomo Goals 25:00
Matomo Plugins 26:01
Matomo Settings 29:26
Matomo Dashboard Widgets 33:40
Aggregated Metadata 34:36

#alternativeto #FOSS #opensource #metadata #deletewhatsapp #trackers #cookies #matomo #awstats

This video is for Linux KDE Desktop users who want to have a webpage updating as a live wallpaper in the background. I used a plugin called HTML Wallpaper to display a live view of JS8Call ham radio operations but you could use it for any webpage showing news, sports results, or whatever else, and choose whether to interact with the webpage or not.

Concerned about Privacy, Inserted Adverts into Feed, and Facebook Control Over Instagram? My Video Highlights How Pixelfed Could Be A Worthy Alternative With Privacy, No Ads or Algorithms. It is part of the Fediverse so is not a walled garden. You can follow, and be followed, from other social networks across the Fediverse.

Chapters:
Why Use It 00:00
Choosing a Site 04:54
Home Feed, Liking, Commenting, Blocking 06:24
Stories 08:36
Profile Settings 09:00
Discovery 12:01
Public Feed 13:05
My Profile 14:20
RSS Feed 15:06
Collections 15:26
Creating Posts 18:22
Following Users On Other Networks 12:46
Mobile Access 24:04
Conclusion and Limitations 25:45

Pixelfed General Website: https://pixelfed.org/
Pixelfed.Social Site: https://pixelfed.social/
My Profile: https://pixelfed.social/danie10

openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios.

Chapters:
Intro and why OMV 00:00
Why not 3,5" drives 02:22
Why not a Pi 03:19
Why no RAID used 04:47
Overview of Client Backups 05:58
Main View 09:38
UrBackup 11:07
Duplicati 12:46
OMV Dashboard 15:57
SSH/SSL keys 16:24
Plugins 17:09
System Backup 18:48
SMART 19:43
Rsync Data Backup 23:05
Performance Stats and Logs 24:06
Docker and Portainer 26:19
Various Docker App Templates 26:52
Whoogle 30:33
External Site Docker Images 32:43
Wrap Up 34:25

Links:
Website - https://www.openmediavault.org
Docker images - https://docs.linuxserver.io/
Enable SMART for USB drives - https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/26601-how-to-get-smart-on-external-drives/
Techno Dad Life tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HPXGKfFibc&list=PLDawMIcxuUkpry7X3tUVzjKhCE-4azlcO

If you are interested in seeing what Diaspora can do as an alternative to Facebook or other social networks, or if you are curious about followers from Diaspora who comment on your posts, this video is for you. I run through how it fits into the Fediverse, how you can control what you see, how to block people, the settings, how it interacts with other networks, and how to post. It does not have photo albums and events like Facebook has though.

Chapters:
Intro and Fediverse: 00:00
What is Diaspora? 02:02
What are Aspects? 04:23
Registration, Profiles and Identity 05:33
Diaspora Stream Views (inc Aspects) 07:43
Instant Chat 09:41
Following Hashtags 10:05
Public Feeds 11:03
Searching for Users or Hashtags 11:43
Reporting and Blocking Users 12:44
Interacting with posts from other social networks 14:46
User Profile 18:04
Contacts 18:58
Settings 19:07
Creating a Post 21:33
Closing words about Diaspora 25:16
Mobile apps 26:09

Links:
Fediverse at https://fediverse.party
Welcome to Diaspora at https://diasporafoundation.org
My Diaspora Profile at https://diasp.org/people/4d34332cec26e227e000037b

This was in a Ferrari 488 GT3. Running Assetto Corsa Competizione on Linux with Proton. Full video at https://bit.ly/danieacc

The brand is really not important as it fits more into the no-name brand category of smallish size ultrasonic cleaners. This one is 750ml volume and only 5cm deep so meant for smallish items. They all use around 40-42kHz sonic waves through water to do the cleaning.

So far I've only cleaned a dirty fountain pen and a 60 year old safety razor. It did a good job on both and the fountain pen has no traces of ink left, and the razor has its adjustment rings turning very easily now.

The razor was previously cleaned by hand and polished with a Dremel but if you look carefully at the video you'll still see some clouds of gunk coming off it. I slowed the video down to 60% so hopefully it is easier to spot.

Elgg is an award-winning open source social networking engine that provides a robust framework on which to build all kinds of social environments, from a campus wide social network for your university, school or college or an internal collaborative platform for your organization through to a brand-building communications tool for your company and its clients.

It is easily installed for free as self-hosted solution and in the video I give an overview of what it does and how easy it is to configure. The video will help you decide if something like Elgg could be suitable for your organization.

Start 00:00
Admin Functions 35:16
Plugins 36:26

More about Elgg at https://elgg.org

I show how Linux Deploy runs on an Android phone - firstly using VNC Viewer on the phone, and then more practically from a desktop VNC Viewer.