Why don't you just subscribe to their shared calendars and have your own calendars hosted by yourself? I mean, I have around 10 to 20 calendars subscribed for different topics.

If you sync the Calendar with Google, you don't have privacy anyway. So I would at least protect my own private info, if they don't want.

My list, starting with most important tools:

baïkal
immich
paperless ngx
copyparty
vaultwarden
netbox
searxng
navidrome+feishin
jellyfin
forgejo
grafana
reitti
cryptpad
bentopdf
grist
rustdesk

It's still better to have a duress PIN/password. You can still decide, if you actually want to use it.

In non-shitty countries no one is allowed to search your stuff without a warrant.

Oh... and "warrantless" is an euphemism for "blanket warrant". So be careful.

Maybe the combo of Reitti (server) and GPSLogger (Android) can help.

For wiping, it makes sense to use something else.

I've been using Synapse with Element X (earlier Element) for years. I remember, notifications were a problem some time ago, but it got a lot better. I also have ntfy as notification backend.

With Element X there are finally video conferences possible.

It uses an unusual PostgreSQL extension. Maybe an update is not that trivial.

TIL Tempus ≠ Tempo

Personally, I think that installing it on a bare metal Windows Server system is quite an achievement.

I have it installed using docker compose on Linux. So my setup is rather unspectacular.

I can confirm that it works and is being updated regularly. It just shows this nasty nag screen to downgrade to the "server" stuff.

I would not expose anything to the internet, except if you want to have it public.

I use wireguard as a private, self-hosted VPN. It's easy to set up.

It can run for days and puts additional strain on the hardware.

Check the physical attachment and obvious hardware failures first.

In case the hardware seems fine, try to zfs send the most important data to a safe place.

Yes, I referred to the Debian part only.