I saw this and thought “How is this even possible? No way you run an SSH server from initramfs…” Turns out that’s exactly how you do it, I’ll be trying this out thank you!

Ahhh thank you, by the looks of the thread you linked it seems that there’s no way of doing it without manually copying database tables over. I did think that may be the case, so I’ll just migrate it the normal way then. Thanks for the help!

That does seem like a good option for my use case, interestingly they note that no matter what I switch to I should change the subdomain:

It’s not supported across the Fediverse to switch between implementations on the same domain. This means that if you run GoToSocial on example.org, you’ll run into federation issues if you try to switch to a different implementation like Pleroma/Akkoma, Misskey/Calckey etc.

That doesn’t look promising for moving the account without migrating because then I couldn’t maintain my username.

Tuta (previously Tutanota) because it’s private, runs on 100% renewable energy, very affordable if you want to use a custom domain, has end-to-end encryption between Tuta emails and it’s email clients are open source including a very nice app on F-Droid

Overall I think Alex handled this situation really well, listened to what people wanted and come to something that everyone’s fine with.

It did take quite a while for Immich to process everything when I initially uploaded my library, how long has it been since the initial upload?

The only problem is that there’s no way to make a recurring payment even if I wanted to, which would be more sustainable than one-time purchases.

If you really need a computer and don’t have the budget for one that costs $600, then don’t get a $600 computer. There are plenty of old office PCs on eBay that you can get for less than $100 and they should be fine for only homework. Just search for “Office PC” on there. This is not the place to be asking for money, but I hope you find something that fits your budget and that university goes well.

Grocy seems to match what you’re looking for.

I’ve never done anything like this myself but maybe Sunshine with Moonlight might be worth a look

Kind of, you can share individual albums so it is possible to share all but one. This may or may not be practical though depending on your album structure.

Another option is to share your entire library but archive the photos you don’t want to be seen.

It would be good of there was an official feature for this but these are currently the two best options.

My only advice would be to go full NextCloud at first for simplicity instead of trying to integrate it with other services.

That being said, if later on you’re looking for a way to store images I’d highly recommend Immich, I just finished setting up my own hosting setup a few days ago and it is gorgeous.

Here in Scotland tourists are always fascinated when we talk about the wild haggis running around.

I always take out those paper ads that are attached to the top of the seat if front and turn them around so I’m not staring at them for a 5 hour flight.