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My Raspberry PI Zero W, hosting this instance, in its current position. Powered by an USB cable coming from the switch.
My Raspberry PI Zero W, hosting this instance, in its current position. Powered by an USB cable coming from the switch.

This is the first genuinely operational littleFedi instance.

It has been online since 1st July, is single-user (just me), and runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD, directly on its SD card.

It consumes just under 1W.

Its database is this size:

-rw------- 1 little wheel 109289472 Aug 26 15:14 littlefedi.db

That is, just a little over 100 MB. Yes, MB.

Its average CPU load is extremely low.

It is perfectly usable both from the web interface and from Mastodon API apps.

I have 179 followers and 169 followings, and it doesn't bat an eye.

I promise myself to use it more, and I will.

You don't need Big Tech to communicate with others.

You don't need an expensive data center to exist online.

Because we are people, and the bits are just extensions of our voice.

#littleFedi #Fediverse #OwnYourData

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Elena Rossini 🌈
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@stefano swoon 😍

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cuan_knaggs
@mensrea @freeradical.zone
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@stefano are you doing anything interesting to get it out to the world from the home network?

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Brahvim
@Brahvim @mastodon.gamedev.place
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@stefano I desire a Pi Zero!!!
*Have,* for a long time now, haha!

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toots
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@stefano the cable-head is almost larger than the unit; not that it's intrinsically relevant 🙏 👍

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David P
@pewnack @aus.social
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@stefano
I hope your sd card lasts longer than mine

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catflyhigh
@catflyhigh @troet.cafe
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@stefano

question:
now you have 100 MB,
but how many capacity do you have for the data?

I am asking for a friend who has a single instance too, but rented, and the costs of his rented space is exploding (he has more than 150 GB.)

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snowyfox
@snowyfox @deadinsi.de
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Tech, fediverse

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Speed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸
@hakona @im.alstadheim.no
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@stefano How many posts do you find if you search for <Hashtag>BloomScrolling on that instance? I get 264 posts, 18 posts today.