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Welcome to the wiki for the Dupaquier family home server infrastructure. Here you will be able to find readmes on all important management tasks. 

Open Source#

For too long, corporations and the wealthy elite have used proprietary technology and platforms to squeeze every last penny out of people. It is my firm belief that closed-source and proprietary technology can only stifle innovation and oppress the consumer. 

For that reason, I choose to rely on open-source hardware/software as much as I am able. The requirements are as follows:

  • Software
    • Must be fully open source
    • Source code and repo must be publicly accessible on github/gitlab/other
    • Paying for software is acceptable, but not required. The purpose of paying is to support the developer(s), not to use the service
      • Currently I am paying for the following:
        • Home Assistant Cloud
        • Plex Pass (bought lifetime sevral years ago) ← not happy (see below)
        • ErsatzTV (github donations to the developer)
      • The software must be usable with the free version
    • All software must meet the criteria defined by the Open Source Initiative
  • Hardware
    • Linux Drivers must be open source
    • Manufacturer/designer of the hardware must contribute to open source software in some way/shape/form
    • Must not require proprietary drivers/libraries for use with open source software
    • Manufacturer/designer must be generally “ethical” in its treatment of consumers
    • Exceptions can be made for pre-owned hardware to reduce e-waste

There if some hardware/software that I use currently which does not meet the criteria. I am actively looking into alternatives as I am able

  • Software
    • Plex
      • Plex is closed source, and requires a paid Plex Pass for some features
      • The main alternative is Jellyfin, which I recently tested, but my wife did not approve
      • I am looking into switching to Jellyfin, but it must meet the “wife approval factor” first, as we rely on Plex currently for our media service

Servers#

  • Elrond
  • Olorin (Rpi)
    • OS
      • Rpi Lite 64 bit
    • Network
      • 192.168.1.78
    • Services
      • Wyoming satellite
      • Zigbee2MQTT

 

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