Guides

Migration playbooks and setup walkthroughs. Each one lists the tradeoffs up front and the cost flavor.

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What do the difficulty levels mean?

copy-paste friendly
comfortable with a terminal
comfortable with config files and SSH
comfortable with Docker, networking, system services
comfortable debugging an opaque stack

Photos 1 guide

Self-host Immich for family photo backup

Run Immich on a home server with Docker Compose to give the household a Google Photos style timeline, mobile auto-backup, and shared albums.

difficulty · Self-host

Files 1 guide

Move your files off Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive, or Dropbox

Export your cloud library from Google, Apple, Microsoft, or Dropbox; tidy the dump locally; upload to a privacy-respecting alternative. Most of the work is waiting for the download.

difficulty · Free

Browser 1 guide

Switch from Chrome to Firefox in fifteen minutes

Install Firefox, pull your bookmarks and passwords across from Chrome, set it as the system default, and turn on the privacy basics. The whole move is one short coffee.

difficulty · Free

Network 2 guides

Operating systems 1 guide

Dual-boot Ubuntu alongside Windows without breaking either

Install Ubuntu 26.04 LTS next to Windows and pick your OS at boot. Windows stays intact. The one risky step is resizing the Windows partition, and a backup makes it boring.

difficulty · Free