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alvaro,
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Self hosting kids-friendly multiplayer games on Raspberry Pi 4

I'm working on a little project and I would like to have some multiplayer game that I can play with the kids. Ideally they should be little kids friendly, so no doom or quake.

I tried Minecraft, bedrock but the latency over wifi (and it needs to be over wifi for my project) is really bad.

In an ideal situation, I'd like to have one or more games that

  • Can be played in multiplayer mode
  • Ideally you only need the browser
  • Is relatively lightweight, so can be run on a Raspberry Pi with Wifi

Any suggestions besides the one I mentioned? Maybe some emulator that can be used? Thanks!

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alvaro,
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@Num10ck that is fine, but I suspect it is not possible to play it in a multiplayer setting via a browser

mhredox,

Definitely possible – check out emulatorjs. There are a few premade docker containers for it, but they were a bit finicky when I tried them. I eventually just ended up writing a react wrapper for it and have it hosted in a docker container. It works great, and will even play psx games without issue.

alvaro,
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Question about replacing/expanding a disk

I have a small mini pc as server similar to [1], which has a super nice small form and has an internal slot for a 2.5" ssd disk. Currently I have a 2TB SSD, but it is filling up rapidly.

My options are:

  1. Buy a way more expensive 8TB SSD and replace the existing one
  2. Buy a much cheaper 8TB HDD + enclosure and connect it via USB.

I wonder what are the pros and cons of each option. I like 1 more because the form factor of the homelab is maintained and I don't need to plug yet another thing. OTOH I'm allergic to spending money 😆 so a cheaper solution (about 4 times cheaper) is always welcome.

Maybe I'm missing a third alternative? Opinions?

[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BVLS7ZHP/

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alvaro,
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@ladfrombrad I wonder if these type of devices will reduce the risk for usb?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KWQ8WFG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

ladfrombrad,
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Nah.

USB is slow, and will kill the drive if used 24/7. I know it’s hard to expend too much money on a dedicated box for storage but long term you’ll thank yourself for investing.

3TB of data I lost and paying to recover that data? Dammit, hindsight is a bitch

blade,
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alvaro,
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Syncing password between firefox clones

I use floorp at home and firefox at work and I would like to sync password between those in a self-hosted way. I saw some mozilla server code somewhere to do so, but seems abandoned.

I would prefer a native mozilla-like solution instead of installing an extension, but if nothing else, that is also an alternative... suggestions?

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dessalines,

keepass + syncthing. Both have clients for every platform, are self-hosted, and use strong encryption.

MangoPenguin,
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Bitwarden + Vaultwarden server. Or KeepassXC.

I don’t recommend using the browsers password manager.

alvaro,
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Question about

Currently I'm backing up my personal computer on a local server and a remote repository. The easiest solution is to have a cronjob for 2 processes. However, I'm wondering if it is possible to scan the files only once and send the backup updates to both repositories instead of doing two scans... suggestions?

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BlackEco,
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What I personally do is:

  1. Back up to the local server
  2. Sync the repository from the local server to Backblaze B2

This way restic only has to process the data once.

makingStuffForFun,
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This is exactly what I do also. Been chugging away for some years now without a hitch.

alvaro,
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Have you installed invidious via docker? Every time I build an image and try to install it (either using the official repo or the custom from yewtube), I get errors that the video can’t be played, any suggestions what am I doing wrong?

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alvaro,
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@sneakyninjapants that is what the repo docker compose has, but I will give it a try on a fresh machine with that image.

sneakyninjapants,

I see now, that makes sense why you are building the image since it was set up that way. I don’t know why projects set up the compose file to build the image when they already have a publicly available image to use; it just creates unnecessary friction for people who just want to test out the software. Anyway, using that image should work for you, but feel free to ask if you run into any issues.

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