Hi guys, same Iranian guy here, first I want to say I really appreciate you guys helping me, love you guys you all are genuinely amazing people.

I read all your comments in my previous post and one thing I realized I'm not qualified for this at all. This is too dangerous and puts my life and many of my friends at risk.

So in the spirit of being pragmatic here and finding best solution meanwhile I figure that out. Where can we have a private community with moderation and admin tools and multi-topic discussions on the fediverse? Is that even a thing? I know that's not how fediverse works so the answer is probably a hard No. Then where should we go? Discord have all this but that's not my preference at all. I know Reddit has private subs but I don't like reddit like many of you guys. What is the compromise here what do you suggest I should do?

Hi guys, I don't know if this is the right place to ask for advice about this so if I'm in the wrong place kindly show me where should I go.

With that out of the way here is my back story, I'm Iranian and as many of you guys heard in the news there are mass uprising, protests and geopolitical conflict going on here. So naturally our theocratic dictatorship leaders here decide on a whim when the whole country can have internet access to outside world or not and when they cut it off there is no safe place for people to keep in touch when we need it the most. Mostly they want to keep people in dark unaware of what's going on out there...

Here is what I thought, Can I deploy and run my own fediverse instance in this situation on VPS hosted inside the country? Me and a few of my trusted friends are the admins of a small local community of around 200 people give or take but this community can grow to 1000 roughly in future. I can be an example for my fellow countrymen here if I can others can too and many other local communities can be shaped like this inside the country... Which fediverse platform we should choose? Lemmy or piefed comes to my mind but I'm a total noob I have no background in programming. I can use LLMs for help Where should I start? Can you guys help me here. I'm a little lost all this is uncharted territory for me

Hi guys, as title says I'm an actual Iranian living in Iran. I have a temporary internet connection and don't know how long will it last...

our corrupt theocratic dictatorship government has cut off our internet access for months now

so ask me anything about the situation here and I will try to answer you

If you want any kind of proof that I'm actually Iranian ask

Here is me writing Persian for you guys translate it in ChatGPT if you want

سلام من ایرانی هستم و اینحام که جواب سوالات شما رو در مورد وضعیت کشورم بدم هر چی دوست دارین ازم بپرسین تا جواب بدم

Hey guys Iranian here Yes I got a temporary internet connection after about 4 months!!! Yes you got that right our corrupt murderer government has cut off our internet connection for months now...

Only their agents has white listed simcards have internet access don't believe a thing they say on social media

I get it you guys hate fascism and Trump but that doesn't mean you should align with the leaders of our murderous corrupt theoretic dictatorship OK?

Not everything in this world black and white...

Yes Trump says a lot of crap I get it but they killed and murdered tens of thousands of protestors in January he got that right I was there myself... It was a horrifying and awakening experience hope no one ever go through

Hope you consider it

Hi guys, basically as the title says I want to make external SSD drive with "Windows to Go" for the stuff that I really need Windows for unfortunately (proprietary CAD software) but there is no software for making this on Linux that I can find

Edit: typo

Hi guys, basically as the title says. Did any of you guys tried any of the solutions around for this? What is the best fix for this in your opinion?

Edit: Found it! the best way is to install your GTK theme as a flatpak so it is either that your theme is available in Flathub which is rarely the case or running this to automate this process for you

Hi guys, I know I can easily make a launcher file in ~/.local/share/applications for it but I don't know what arguments to put in Exec= line to launch a specific profile. I know it is possible but I don't know how to find it

Hi all—as title suggests I'm experiencing a compatibility issue between UFW and my vpn (Windscribe if it matters). My UFW defaults are set to deny incoming, allow outgoing, and routed disabled, with no exception rules configured. When I enable Windscribe (I use OpenVPN udp on port 80 if that matters) while UFW is active, Windscribe reports a network configuration error and requests sending debug logs; ignoring the error still allows the VPN to function, but I observe IPv6 and DNS leaks. Disabling UFW removes the error and the leaks. What UFW configuration is causing this behavior, and which specific rules should I add to prevent IPv6 and DNS leaks while keeping UFW enabled?

Hi everyone — I recently migrated to Linux Mint and overall my experience has been excellent, but I still rely on several Windows applications (notably SolidWorks, among others). Aside from dual-booting, which I really prefer to avoid, running these programs inside a Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC virtual machine in VMware Workstation appears to be the most viable option. However, I am uncertain how to implement this setup and whether it is the optimal solution. What would you recommend I do?

Hi guys, as the title says looking for a good OpenVPN client for linux. I know OpenVPN 3 exists but it's a pain to be honest. Edit:I know it is not perfect but I have found that the windscribe VPN Client for Linux supports adding your own VPN config files (both OpenVPN and WireGuard) and has a nice GUI . You don't need to have a windscribe account to use it either. I don't know if other VPNs clients also support this or not

Hi guys, I recently installed Linux mint on a spare laptop I had to check if I can daily drive this and since I run Syncthing Windows setup on this device before and I essentially want to replicate that setup here which means Syncthing starts up automatically on login but with the condition that the device should be connected to ac power and if it gets disconnected kill the process right away. I could easily have this in Windows setup and also in Syncthing-fork for Android with a simple toggle. How can I replicate this Linux mint as well?

before buying expensive routers check OpenWRT's table of hardware and buy one that is supported by the current OpenWRT release and has decent specs. There is a detailed installation guide for each supported device in the wiki too so there are no excuses it's dead simple. Free yourself from stupid hardware manufacturers and their planed obsolescence products.

• Edit: also here is the new version of the table of hardware with more details They seem to have buyers guide too in the wiki.
• Edit2: seems like GL.iNet devices ship with OpenWRT out of the box with their GUI on top and you still have access to openwrt under the hood if you need it which sounds awesome so look into them if you're interested. Thanks you guys who brought them up.
• Edit3: there is firewall sulotion called OPNSense which is not limited to commercial routers like OpenWRT and can be run on any x86 hardware of your choice (like N100 mini pcs) so look into it if you're interested. Many thanks to the guys who contributed in the comments
• Edit4: Sorry for the multiple edits but some of you guys suggest some fantastic insights that I had to add. Anyways here is a list of good candidate devices for hassle free installation and yet powerful enough hardware from OpenWRT's Forum
• I promise it's gonna be the last Edit. OpenWRT has a official device they made themselves called OpenWRT ONE (I think the second one is also in the works). It hase good specs for home network and you support the project too. Here is the link to official Retailers