Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

alan@blimey.social

I'VE MOVED MY ACCOUNT TO the.rear.cab/@Alan!

Poster of random stuff.

Can be found driving commuter trains in the southeast UK, through London and up to Bedford. Follow @traindriver for train-related posts.

Officially a "lord', but only because I bought the rights to a minuscule plot in the castle grounds of a place called "Chaol Ghleann". I don't even know where it is.

Can be very sarcastic. Someone once told me that “sarcasm is the lowest form of wit” so I’m pleased that at least one person finds me funny.

I enjoy travelling, cycling (but only during warmer months) and playing around with Linux on a very basic level. I’ve managed to set up Pi Hole, send pager messages and host a private PBX using a Raspberry Pi. I also run an Akkoma fediverse instance.

All thoughts, comments and opinions are my own. I don’t do politics.

Feel free to follow or interact with any of my posts.

#TrainToot
#nobot

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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

4 years ago

Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)
4 years ago

I forgot that I installed Ubuntu server on my old desktop after adding some more RAM with the intention of installing Pleroma, to replace Mastodon on my Pi.

Guess what I’ll be doing today?

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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

in reply to Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab) 4 years ago

Even more reason to do this is that once again, one of the cooling fans on my Pi case has started to make a racket (again), so I’ve unplugged them. This is the third time on the third replacement case I’ve received from Amazon and the Pi is quite warm to touch.

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Jamie

in reply to Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab) 4 years ago

I've got cooling fans on my Pi's. They came with the POE hat. I keep wondering whether to take them off because I'm not 100% sure that they make much difference.

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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

in reply to Jamie 4 years ago

My fans definitely make a difference- I’ve checked the temperature both with them running and without. They lower the temperature by around 10°.

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Jamie

in reply to Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab) 4 years ago

Probably best keep them on then. The ambient temperature where they are sat can reach 35 degrees on a hot day.

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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

in reply to Jamie 4 years ago

I want to migrate everything over to an old desktop PC which obviously has better cooling. That's not exactly going to plan so far 😂

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Jamie

in reply to Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab) 4 years ago

I like that they take little space. I've got two sat in a drawer and they do most of our media & networking stuff. Not the most powerful machines, but very discreet.

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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

in reply to Jamie 4 years ago

They're amazing for light work, especially at the price. The only thing that makes me nervous is the reliability of SD cards...

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Jamie

in reply to Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab) 4 years ago

Yeah, that's why both of mine boot from SSDs.

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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

in reply to Jamie 4 years ago

Are the SSDs connected via an adaptor to USB..?

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Jamie

in reply to Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab) 4 years ago

Yeah. It was a bit hacky when I did it, but I think the capability is in the default firmware now.

The POE hat provides enough power to the SSD as well, so each of them only has one cable connected, plus the drive. Very neat.

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07Y5C…

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in reply to Jamie 4 years ago

Thanks for that. I had a script running to backup the SD card to an identical SD card connected to USB. I then set it to boot from USB in the event that the main SSD was unavailable. I have a spare SSD drive which I could use...

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Shredni Vashtar

in reply to Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab) 4 years ago

Reading the paper? Going for a swim? Eating cakes? I give up. What will you be doing?

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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)

in reply to Shredni Vashtar 4 years ago

Going out cycling, obviously. Sheesh.

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Shredni Vashtar

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LOL

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