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I'm all for Linux, and would normally be the first person to cheer you on for switching to Linux... if this were your personal computer. For a work device though? All bets are off, and you really shouldn't do that sort of thing without express authorization from whomever manages IT & security policies at your workplace - otherwise you risk losing your job, and potentially even worse things if the data that you're being trusted with gets compromised because of the modifications you made.

If for something regarding work, your end thoughts are:

but due to my reverse engineering...

Then it may be a good idea to re-think what exactly the pros and cons are of what you're doing, because the cons are generally going to outweigh the pros.

This sort of thing also gives Linux a bad reputation at your workplace, when you inevitably get caught. When someone tries to propose going through the proper channels and inquiring about IT actually supporting the usage of Linux at your workplace, all of IT and management are only just going to think back to "that one person who really went against the grain and tried to use that Linux thing". Same concept goes for when you try to push someone into Linux who doesn't have a good use case for making the switch over to Linux (or see the "Linux evangelists / fan people" phenomenon that in of itself is present all over Lemmy).

The things you'd normally use Nextcloud for is not the sort of thing that I would ever trust to be hosted for free, there's bound to be a catch (whether that is the service just disappearing over night, your data being collected and used for some nefarious purpose, etc).

It's definitely worth either self hosting, or if you're not able to, paying for some VPS to host it on.

That all being said, if you really want to go the route of free hosting, Nextcloud apparently do list some providers on their website.

A couple of video game specific communities I'm subscribed to that I don't see here already:

!destiny@lemmy.world

!diablo@lemmy.world

And then this one is a genre based one:

!arpg@lemmy.ml

I'm not currently in a great spot to watch a video, so I asked Bard to summarize the video. In case anyone else is curious / doesn't want to watch:

The ability to create custom routes for races and challenges.
The ability to add custom props and objects to events.
The ability to create custom weather and time of day conditions for events.
The ability to share events with other players.

Custom routes: Players can now create custom routes for races and challenges. This is a major new feature that gives players a lot more control over the layout of their events.
Custom props and objects: Players can now add custom props and objects to events. This includes things like traffic cones, barriers, and even animals.
Custom weather and time of day: Players can now create custom weather and time of day conditions for events. This allows players to create events that take place in any environment, at any time of day.
Shared events: Players can now share their events with other players. This means that other players can play the events that you create.

Keep in mind, since I haven't watched the video, I can't confirm the accuracy. For example, the video description says the update releases September 12th, but Bard thinks its scheduled for today, September 9th - so take it with a grain of salt.

Personally, its a combination of the following reasons:

• I'm not held to another server, and self-hosting my own makes sure that whomever hosting the server doesn't just close the doors one day and decide they're no longer going to do so

• I find it fun to setup my own services, like Matrix, Lemmy, Mastodon, etc

• I control what servers are blocked / defederated from, from my knowledge though defederating on Matrix doesn't happen nearly as often as it does for ActivityPub based platforms however.

• I created Matrix accounts for some of my family members to communicate with, and if they lose the password I know that I can reset it for them rather than hoping they setup the account recovery info correctly.

The bitwarden clients themselves do keep a cached version of the database every time there is a successful sync to the server, so if you were to take the server offline you could still view / export the data thankfully! You cannot make changes to the database according to that page and my own experience, though others have reported that they are able to. Additionally, it looks like this cache does expire (30 days on desktop, 90 on mobile).

Just make sure to not log out completely (this is not the same as locking the vault, which is fine), this wipes the cache immediately.

Out of curiosity, how do you do the save syncing? I've already got Yuzu itself all setup, but this would certainly help with some issues that I face when using it.

Oh man, I worked at a call center for a little over four years doing internet technical support... Never again.

I am thankful for those that can push through it (especially on the more direct customer service side of things), as I certainly don't have the cognitive fortitude for it.

One of my roles at my current job still involves a lot of support, but at least its not over the phones thankfully.

I'm a big fan of Matrix, as it's easily accessible from anywhere - plus I already have a server for it spun up going on two years now which makes it easier for me.

That... I'm not exactly sure about 😅 I would assume PeerTube would reject it, but your instance will still have a copy of the post.

Oh, thank you!

Absolutely love this game, looking forward to playing the new update!