I have been designing and building #
TheRON (stands for The Residential Owner-operated Network) for well over a decade.
This channel is all about the expert pools and the technology stack - the capacity that allows individuals to build and sustain their very-own private networks, purpose them to fit their current best interests, and "federate" with others within the same scope.
In the current form, to be an authentic owner-operator you must build and operate your box in one or more datacenters like OVH, host your VPS at qualified ISPs like Linode, have basic resources such as your own DNS servers, YunoHost platforms, ProxMox slices, or entire racks inside your own home. Again - this is a Residential network; your business resources should not be shared for the purposes of #
TheRON.
Since we represent our own best interest, and we spend our own private funds - we cannot be influenced by "donations" and by "sponsorships". We do not advertise on our web, we do not track and resell, we do not crack and steal. Very simple and straightforward.
So far, my network has 2x BIND instances to underpin my namesaces (this one and kane-il.us), two YunoHost instances in different data centers hosting Mastodon, NextCloud, and now Streams. There are a lot more to come, as #
TheRON is my brainchild and I am responsible for showcasing it, implementing and sustaining every Proof of Concept.
Thanks for reading and thank you all who contributed to Streams! So nice to see so many great improvements to the Hubzilla fork! I'll do my best to bring many users who will become owner-operators!