I’ve been started for a while now, but it takes a long time for me to learn things, and this project is getting low priority time slices. Recently I started a mini-project as a stepping stone: make a website on my minis forum system for my personal use (mostly for notes). I plan to serve the personal site using the same tools (e.g. Jekyll) the public site will use, and it’ll force me to solve the problem of how to co-mingle public and private notes. I’ll add a big drive to it and use it to backup the win 11 pc (need to see if win 11 and samba get along). I’ve had a USB wifi antenna on my desk this last week for which I’m searching for debian drivers. Step 0 in this project is getting a network connection.
In parallel, is my effort to move mail from Google to somewhere else. There are subtle differences between providers, and it’s taking me a long time to understand things well enough to decide. Tuta was a clear favorite for a while (many green check marks), but I recall feeling like they used too-much encryption. A few months ago, I learned of some other services that looked attractive and need looking into. Proton had some bad press a while back; I’m looking for independent and not interested in selling me out. I also recall not understanding how to set them up (++research to do).
Step 0 with the minis forum system seems like the right one, as it’ll get me back into the groove of basic sys admin and networking for which I’ve forgotten all but the concepts. I can work without fear of failure on this; worst is starting over with build scripts kept on a UBD drive. Once I start backing up my work pc, I’ll be much more cautious. Maybe I’ll get another minis forum just for backups. Hmm. I’m problem solving as I post. 