This hasn’t been asked in a while, and I really loved reading the last discussion so I’m hoping to kick it off again and see what has changed!

What I’d like to know is:

- What specific products do you wish you could host on your own infrastructure, but the product does not offer such a deployment method

- Do you or would you use the product without being able to self-host? I.E. In its current state

- Do you think your employer, if any, holds the same opinions?

  • sevlonbhoi1@alien.topBEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Google maps alternative that’s as good as Google maps. Its the only service left that has kept me from degoogling 100%

    • FnnKnn@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I like Apple Maps, but to completely compete with Google Maps it would need to stop being exclusive for Apple devices. Open Street Maps data quality is very close to Google Maps, but the applications for it themselves aren’t as intuitive and feature rich

  • rjr_2020@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I would love to see a self-hosted VDE solution. We have a ton of VM options so I’d like to see the next logical step.

  • DamballaTun@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Private uncesored version of GPT-4.

    I want it to answer questions like:

    - give me a step by step guide on how to build a hydrogen bomb using consumer-grade components.

    - give me 20 jokes about wokism (I’m semi-woke myself)

    - give me 10 jokes that are so horrible, they would put anyone posting them on a watch-list

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    More realistically, I want it to have access to an entire programming project via IDE

  • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Any MDM solution. All self-hosted options that were available (onemdm, flyve) are dead. I’m my own employer, so we definitely agree everything should be self-hosted :)

    • sarosan@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Sadly, there will never be a truly self-hosted solution given how the devices in question rely on Google, Samsung, Microsoft or Apple servers to be active and available on initial enrollment. The control plane can be on-prem, but the actual enforcement is done through built-in management APIs that depend on external services.

      That said, I created my own zero-cost MDM solution by leveraging Android Enterprise APIs along with Samsung Knox. There’s no pretty UI though - everything is done through API calls using Postman. Enrollment is achieved by scanning a QR code on the device’s first boot. I’m managing ~450 Samsung tablets and a dozen mobile phones using this approach.

      • ex800@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        hmm, for Apple a MDM Push certificate is the link between the two, for Google the managed play store, neither of these have a “requirement” for a SaaS solution.

        both of these are just to connect the device to the MDM platform via a “managment profile” (waves hands), the settings and enforcement is all on the MDM platform.

        A very long time ago (the days of the 3G) I had an internal web server that hosted iPhone configuration profiles, it was very (very) “basic”

        Granted this is only for Apple (and with a last commit in 2022 might be dead) but is useful for showing what part connects where to do what.

        • 12_nick_12@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s great. My only complaint is it only runs on windows, but oh well. I’m assuming you guys are using Windows server?

      • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I own a small business, 20-30 devices only. But they’re a mix of all possible platforms (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS). Would like to force disk encryption, strong password policy, automatically install/update/configure corporate VPN/mail/etc., prevent use of blacklisted programs, remote wipe of lost/stolen/otherwise compromised devices. I know it’s not feasible with any selfhosted solution, sadly.

  • AlexFullmoon@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Not exactly fitting, probably, but self-hosted sync for Chromium browsers. Not xbrowsersync, but full-fledged, like Mozilla’s, with syncing extension settings, sending tabs, etc.

  • I_Arman@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Something like Steam. I’ve got a bunch of old games and other software, CDs, floppy images, etc., with registration keys and so forth (sometimes multiples), as well as newer stuff I got through Humble Bundle, or even various free/open source games, servers, etc., but installing them can be a pain. I’d like something that could host the files, list the games, and install them on a whim, along with self-hosted “cloud” storage so I can switch between computers easily. I already use Steam, of course, but it doesn’t host my old games, at least not without paying them for the privilege. My boss… Would probably be interested, actually. Not business related, but still.

    • seniorducker@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      There was something released a while back similar to what you’re after. It had a funny name, I think it was crack pipe and then they changed it due to well the name of it but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was

      • Alfagun74@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Hi, GameVault developer here. Can confirm. It’s exactly what you are looking for.

        • PhReeKun@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Could I use a MariaDB for this? Already have one setup with backups etc, would rather use that, than also setup a postgres with backups

        • seniorducker@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          They originally called it something like crackpipe as they said it was for those games you acquired “elsewhere”

  • rymn@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    • Google photos (I know about prism and have it, still not the same)

    • email… Fuuuck all you spammer asshomes, I just wanna host my own email 😭

    • Steam but for my own local games and isos

    • maps

    • Did I already say email?

  • pyppo42@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    A web-based mail client (not server!) with a backend optimized for search queries. I get hundreds of mails per day and often I have to check whether something was discussed in some thread, in the last couple of years, or more. Thunderbird explodes, Outlook seems better, but it forces me to run Windows on my desktop and laptop. GMail is actually great, but it would be immoral in too many different ways to flush all the emails I receive into Google. Colleagues reported Apple Mail is good, but I have no direct experience.

    • thecomputerguy7@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      There was TacticalRMM but there was some controversy around a crypto miner baked into a private installer. Thought of trying it in my isolated network, but can’t decide how I feel about it.

      • BMT-TEAM@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Organic Maps

        We are using it for managing 250-300 devices (Win Desktop, Win Server, MacOS, Linux based Server and Desktop). So far we love it (no mote TeamViewer and Anydesk since it’s using MeshCentral). What is missing (as a major component) - reporting. Still you can create/build your own reporting since there is a good API. Reporting is almost there (crossing fingers)

        • thecomputerguy7@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I really appreciate you mentioning this as I’m looking for something small and light for work as well. We have a hundred or so Pi’s that are critical enough to need management and monitoring, but not critical enough to actually spend money on a RMM or something from one of the big guys.

          Right now I’m setting up ansible and getting everything in place, but I’d love something that is more agent based and not just a reoccurring script.

  • xzxfdasjhfhbkasufah@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    One of the advantages of selfhosting is that I can cut down on subscriptions. Unfortunately, I cannot find an RSS reader with powerful filters and rules like Inoreader. I’ve tried FreshRSS but it’s just not as powerful as Inoreader.

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    I wish I could selfhost Inoreader.