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Introducing: "my so-called sudo life"

a new 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 and I’m about to install . Exciteeeeeeed (and slightly scared).

I’m so early in my 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 newbie) could do it.

I now have installed on my ! 🥳

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 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 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 rite of passage, I am ready to jump over this hurdle and get to the next!

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

Good morning Fedi Friends!

Self-hosting journey day 3 – I'm about to check my setup to see if the 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 😅

My NEW idea of living dangerously: adding (or tweaking?) a PTR record for my VPS setup – because the last warnings I have on have to deal with reverse DNS.

✨ Just yesterday I had no idea what this all meant, LOL ✨

BTW if you find all these messages annoying, I recommend you mute my hashtag 🤗

And HUGE thanks to all the people who have provided brilliant tips so far!

Now REALLY wish me luck 😅

Good morning from Italy!

Taking advantage of the fact my parents are giving breakfast to my 3-year-old to do more tweaking.

I just ran the diagnostics and my jaw is ON THE FLOOR. I see GREEN ALL OVER - including "Email" (my nemesis) !!! 🥳

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!