Note that if you want actual virtualization then perhaps Proxmox (not sure if it manages multiple hypervisors - I haven’t obtained something to test it on yet). Portainer is best for Docker management (it, and it’s client agents, run as docker containers themselves. Don’t forget to enable web sockets if proxying.

Give portainer a try. It’s actually pretty good for getting a birdseye view, and let’s you manage more than one docker server.

It’s not perfect of course.

Pfblockerng on pfsense is very powerful.

Can you not just backup the pg txn logs (with periodic full backups, purged in accordance with your needs?). That’s a much safer way to approach DBs anyway.

(exclude the online db files from your file system replication)

My concern (back then) with keeping the greens spun up would be that I’d lose the energy savings potential of them without the benefits of a purpose built NAS drive.

In my current NAS, I just have a pair of WD Red+. I don’t have a NVME cache or anything but it’s never been an issue given my limited needs.

I am starting to plan out my next NAS though, as the current on (Synology DS716+) has been running for a long time. I figure I can get a couple more years out of it, but I want to have something in the wings planned just in case. (seriously looking at a switch to TrueNas but grappling with price for HW vs appliance…). My hope is that SSDs drop on price enough to make the leap when the time comes.

I had WD Greens in my first NAS (they were HDDs, though). This was ill-advised. Definitely better for power consumption, but they took forever to spin up for access to the point where it seemed like the NAS was always on the fritz.

Now I swear by WD Red. Much, much better (in my use case).

(I’m not sure how things pan out in SSD land though. Right now it’s just too pricey for me to consider.)

I’ll check it out (as soon as I need it).

Last time I used gimp was in the late 90s I think. I gather it’s pretty much the same as when I last tried…?

I’ve found Krita to be pretty good (though I can load slowly on slow machines).

Indeed.

Exactly. The best solution is one that is simple, covers almost all scenarios and generally doesn’t require rethinking when new things come along.

I do wish the Apple stuff played a bit more nicely - my wife uses it and it’s honestly the biggest headache of the design.

Onedrive /google drive for immediate stuff. Other stuff (too big for cloud services) from local to Synology, or simply served from Synology. Cloudsync from OneDrive/Google drive to Synology. (Periodic verification that things are sync’d this is very important!). Snapshots on Synology for local ‘oops’ recovery. Synology hyperbackup to Wasabi for catastrophic recovery. (used to use Glacier for this but it was a bit unwieldy for the amount of money saved - I don’t have that much data)

I’m aware that the loopback from onedrive/Google drive to synology doubles network traffic in the background but, again, I don’t have that much data and a consistent approach makes things easier/safer in the long run. And with more than one computer sharing a cloud drive link, the redundancy/complexity is further diminished. (let the cloud drive experts deal solving race conditions and synchronization/concurrency fun).

This works because every computer I have can plug into the process. Everything ends up on Synology (direct or via onedrive/Google drive) and everything ends up off site at Wasabi.

I very rarely need to touch the Wasabi stuff (unless to test, or because of boneheaded mistakes I make (not often) while configuring things.

It’s a good model (for me), adapts well to almost every situation and let’s me control my data.

Thank you!

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A desktop application that does a great job as a non-destructive photo editor is found easily in darktable (and others). A mobile application that does a great job as a non-destructive photo editor is found easily in other apps. Unfortunately, they are not the same app/ecosystem.

Lightroom’s secret sauce is that they have the same app (or rather ecosystem) that handles both cases. You can take pics on mobile, edit them on mobile or desktop seamlessly. And you can import on desktop and edit on mobile. All originals go to desktop (LR Classic) for safe backup (using your own system/storage). I can peruse/edit/maintain my catalog/albums from any device (ie via smartphone if I’m waiting for my kids away from home…)

It is for this reason that I pay Adobe. Grudgingly.

I don’t care about the AI/fancy editing stuff Adobe has - it’s a distraction from the real requirement (well, for me, at least!)

I have never come across a Linux-capable (let alone FOSS) setup that can do this. Personally I think it’s very unlikely to ever happen as a FOSS setup as this requires an enterprise level design that, frankly, requires money to be done reliably. (I’m not knocking the amazing past, present and future accomplishments in FOSS-land - this just needs an approach that does not typically lend itself to FOSS).

I sincerely hope I’m wrong.

I’d gladly pay for an full solution based in Linux that can do what Adobe can do here. But it doesn’t seem to exist.

In the meantime, I keep kicking the darktable tires to see if there’s a path forward for me.

Yes - it certainly is weaker than the desktop (classic) LR, but it matches the mobile app quite well (and syncs to the desktop). This is the secret sauce. I can do simple smartphone pics, edit them and they will merge with main catalog. I can further refine on desktop (or vice versa) and it all syncs, and my originals stay with the desktop (the further backed up via whatever mechanism I want).

I applaud the idea of interoperability for the FOSS applications, but pulling this particular feat (the use case I describe above) off is non-trivial and requires enterprise level architecture and coordination. It’s a very different type of challenge than making a great non-destructive editor with local organization. I don’t mind paying for this sort of thing, but I wish it was officially offered in Linux-land. Wine is great (if it works) but it injects a substantial risk of breaking as applications get updated.

Would love to run Linux everywhere, but there needs to be official support from some key companies for that to happen. It’s a difficult thing for them to justify (rightly or wrongly). I don’t think open-source alone will solve things. Unfortunately…

Oh well - I got off topic here. But I was toying with trying another switch to Linux just this weekend and this is front of mind…

I’m interested to see how this project turns out.

Honestly, Adobe is is one of two main reasons I have not had success switching (back) to Linux. The secret sauce with Adobe Lightroom (Classic and CC) is the ability to take pics from any device (phone, old DSLR w/manual imports, downloads) and edit from my phone, or desktop seamlessly regardless of source, all in same catalogue, with non-destructive edits sync’d bidirectionally. I also get all originals sync’d tho main computer to merge in with my overall backup strategy. None of the open source offerings have this, though I keep checking in on it every few years. I’m sure Darktable is great - it may even be better than LR, but without the easy interoperability/synchronization, it’s not viable in my situation. I would not expect a solution like this to be free. I’m happy to pay for it. If Adobe offered real Linux compatibility, I’d pay for it in a heartbeat (and would gladly switch to a different company if it existed).

For video other graphic stuff, I can live with the silos and happily run Shotcut (or KDENLive) and Krita.

If it wasn’t for my other windows dependency, I’d switch and get by with running Lightroom virtually, and put up with the loss of other applications/features (on the Linux host) that I can live without.

(My other dependency is NI Maschine (music production). The hardware - and the feature set I’ve paid for and use simply won’t run on Linux. I briefly considered running it virtually in Windows but ended up giving my head a shake because of the Rube Goldberg machine I’d end up making to have anywhere close to the functionality I have now).

I’d be thrilled to switch back to Linux (I used it for years as a daily driver).

This is marvelous.

Pfsense is fantastic. Extremely flexible. I am contemplating switching to opensense when it’s time for an upgrade (it’s been running seamlessly for many years, but someday I’ll need to).

Note that it’s a router, not a wireless access point. For that I use a few Ubiquity APs (I forget the model).