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Ok so I'm frustrated because I got this portable SSD thinking I could backup my computer and also run Linux from it. This is not true. So I've backed up my computer and have tremendous amounts of space for additional stuff.

In the meantime, I've gotten VirtualBox and have installed and am playing around with Linux Mint Cinnamon there.

I've also gotten SimpleX, Bitchat, MapleAI, Proton Drive.

What else should I be looking into if I'm going to be trying to lead people into tech sovereignty?

#asknostr

Cykros 4d ago

Why can't you run Linux from it? Bios limitation? Firmware issue?

For tech sovereignty, you can go everywhere. I'm loving Copyparty since I found it as a very versatile and trivial to deploy file server. Even from a phone. https://github.com/9001/copyparty

Can't go wrong with a Nostr relay to hold an archive of all ofyour notes. Or heck, a blossom server.

I assume you've already got a full Bitcoin node. If no Lightning yet, LND is not as hard as some have made it out to be to run. You can make it that way, but a basic server with a private channel or two will teach you a lot and be quire manageable. Also can't go wrong with things like Joinmarket to handle the best coinjoin implementation out there from a sovereignty perspective. Be sure to get JAM for the graphical front end.

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Cykros 4d ago

Oh goes without saying, but sshd for remote access from your phone or other devices. And tunneling from public wifi.

Kip Ashlynn 4d ago

Why would I need remote access to my phone?

Cykros 3d ago

I meant the other way: use your phone to access your music, book, movie, and other file library.

But i have actually downloaded stuff while out visiting family and needed to get it to them because I wasn't trying to have them access the pirate sites I got it from 😄

Cykros 3d ago

I usually have just used sftp with andftp to access my books. Used to use mpd to access and stream my music.

Copyparty just does it all with a simple file.

Kip Ashlynn 4d ago

I think I could run it from my SSD, but then it wouldn't be easy to use that as my file backup. If by bios limitations you mean I am not good with tech then, yes, that is the issue 🤣

That copy party thing, when do you use it? You say as a file server does it act as a library?

I think a Nostr relay or blossom server are well out of my current skillset, but I am hoping to get a community server running to help myself and others learn how to do this.

You assume incorrectly about me running a Bitcoin node. I get the impression you're assuming a lot more technical savvy than I currently have 🤣

What is "coin join implementation" and "graphical front end"?

Cykros 3d ago

You can use copyparty whenever. Run it all the time to share your home media library with your phone, or smart TV. Spin it up on the fly if you have a large file to send to someone that's too big for email.

It takes no configuration and literally is just a single file with no installation. It's feature set with so much simplicity is a baffling design.

Cykros 3d ago

Coinjoin implementation would be something like Joinmarket, Samourai, Ashigaru, or Wasabi. Used for de-linking your utxo's with your real life identity.

Joinmarket is a text based tool, and uses JAM as a graphical interface which makes it much easier to use.

I also think you may be suffering from the assumption that things are complicated because they sound complicated. Running a node can be as simple as download Bitcoin Knots or Core and run it. And Nostr relay..well, there's Citrine for Android.

Nodes get complicated when you mix a bunch of different services and set up automatic restarting and monitoring, honestly more thanks to the mess that is systemd than anything. But it's all extra. If you run Bitcoind you run a node.