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by nixpulvis 1065 days ago
I really used to enjoy formatting my machines about every 6 months.

Well I used to until macOS kinda went off the rails a bit. Now it’s mostly an exercise in running my arch script for my thinkpad.

Being stuck between operating systems is kinda a mess though, makes backup and file sync in general really hard. But everyone’s gotta have their own cloud, right?!

Why can’t I just put a cloud under my bed and forget about it?

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> Why can’t I just put a cloud under my bed and forget about it?

Just buy a Synology NAS. Keep default settings, set up a few user accounts, tweak a few things here and there, enable encryption, install Active Backup on all your devices, done.

There are many cheaper/more open options for self-owned NAS storage, but contrary to a Synology they're definitely far and away from "and forget about it".