Hello from another personal instance :)
krdo
I backup using a simple rsync script to a Hetzner storage box.
If you know your way around a terminal, it takes less than 10 minutes to install using the Ansible approach.
I remember being hooked the moment Marle disappears for the first time. That was 20 years ago. I'm not sure the game would have the same impact on me today.
Same, but my cards go with my phone
Relay for Reddit is also still working. It will go subscription later this month.
Unfortunately, it only works if it has already been federated to the local instance.
Also, it should be fairly easy to host the postgres on separate hardware.
Pictures is already it's own service in the docker compose file. I don't know how easy it would be to move it to a different server though, but I suspect it can be done with a bit of fidling with the configuration.
Ubuntu for my work laptop, debian for my servers. My third choice would be arch, but I'm not using it currently.
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Baldur's Gate (the first) is mother of modern CRPG's and what started BioWare. BG3 is arguable the best in it's genre and surpasses Dragon Age: Origins from 2009.