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Introducing: "my so-called sudo life"

a new #blog series tracking my journey towards greater digital sovereignty.

"Instead of wallowing in this grief and anger, I have resolved to make this time – these 4 years – matter. It makes me feel better and more empowered to set some high goals, so that by January 2029 I could look back and think to myself: I have grown and helped others during these tumultuous 4 years. I made good use of that time."

elenarossini.com/2024/12/intro

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Elena Rossini · Introducing: my so-called sudo life — Elena Rossini
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It’s happening!!! I signed up for a #VPS and I’m about to install #YunoHost. Exciteeeeeeed (and slightly scared).

I’m so early in my #Linux journey but I was emboldened after watching a video walkthrough of YunoHost, with the narrator repeating time and time again « it’s so easy a child could do it ».

Let’s see if « it’s so easy a Linux newbie could do it».

Wish me luck! 😅

Update: yes, it was SO EASY a child (or a #Linux newbie) could do it.

I now have #YunoHost installed on my #VPS! 🥳

I wish I had timed how long it took - it was less than 5 minutes! This update comes 2 hours later because I've been dealing with other work stuff in the meantime.

All this to say: a HUGE thank you to the @yunohost team for creating such a phenomenal resource. Donation-as-thank-you coming soon 😊

🔗: yunohost.org

Good morning Fedi Friends! It’s 6:53am in Paris and I am taking advantage of my child being asleep to continue my #YunoHost setup and tweak DNS records.

A bit risky since I’ve only had one coffee but here we go.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

To add an extra layer of difficulty to my #selfhosting journey, there is the issue of scarce free time.

Now I have 20 minutes before I need to cook for my child and then go pick her up from nursery school. Editing DNS records with the clock ticking is not for the faint of heart 😅

If struggling with DNS is a #selfhost rite of passage, I am ready to jump over this hurdle and get to the next!

Jokes aside, I'm super grateful for #YunoHost's crystal clear instructions.

Good morning Fedi Friends!

Self-hosting journey day 3 – I'm about to check my #VPS setup to see if the #DNS records have finally propagated.

Massive massive respect for sysadmins and selfhosts who have to deal with this stuff all the time (and for critical jobs!)

Wish me luck 😅

Travis Mooney-Evans

@_elena pro tip: change all your DNS TTLs to 300 seconds. That way any future changes propagate in 5 minutes.