Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

== FUTO’s belief in self managing your own servers. ==

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We believe that any piece of software we create or offer that has a client, must be accompanied by server source code that allows you to run your own server. You have to have control over your devices. At the same time, if we throw the source code at you and tell you ''“have fun!”'', have we really enabled you to run your own system? That’s akin to throwing a party and saying ''“hey, anyone who wants to join us is allowed in!”'' when you only tell your best friends where the door is. We want the door to the party to be open to everyone; and for '''''all of you''''' to know where it is. So, let’s see if we can put spicy brownie’s concerns to rest.

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=== The Rabbit Hole to Hell ===

I’m going to show you exactly how to set this up because that’s been a common question in the comments. I’m going to show you how to set up <code>Immich</code>. To do that, I need to show you how I get my files from my phone to my server. If I’m doing that, I’m connecting to my server from outside, which means I have to show you how to set up a VPN tunnel. I’m not going to forward ports for all these random services. If I’m doing that, I might as well show you how to set up a router that will always get updates, which means building your own.

While I’m at it, I might as well show you how to block all ads, even when you’re connected from your phone. While we’re in there, let’s show you how to set up something similar to Google Docs, Google Sheets, calendar, contacts, home surveillance with notifications, self-hosted mail, a business phone system that curses out annoying customers ''for'' you, and everything else.

<blockquote>'''Warning:''' This becomes a rabbit hole very quickly because there are so many items to cover. I’m not going to breadcrumb you. I want to provide you with everything, which means we have to start from the BEGINNING!
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