# Overview

http://raspberrypi.org is a great, cheap piece of hardware, but it has some limitations. Number one is the SD card. SD cards are not made for lots of rewrites to the same file.

Edit 20140109: If you wonder why SD cards suck, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3GDPwIuRKI.

# Tricks to prolong the life of the SD-card

• Edit /etc/default/tmpfs and set: RAMTMP=yes. This will keep /tmp in memory.
• Install fs2ram, version 0.3.12 or better. Earlier versions are broken in Debian. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/fs2ram. In its config it’s important to activate /var/log and /var/tmp. If you’re using any databases or other files that are written to often, make sure they’re on a tmpfs using fs2ram. If you keep /var/cache in memory, make sure to clear out apts cache often, as it can fill up: sudo apt-get clean
• Disable swap: sudo dphys-swapfile swap off, and uninstall it: sudo apt-get remove --purge dphys-swapfile

# Overview

I’m not creating this list because I have something against the US or because I hate the cloud (or to get on a watchlist). I’m creating it because my work/hobbies. Also for economy, access to resources (unlimited dropbox!), performance (keep things local) interest in FLOSS and control of my data.

# Why?

As Snowden showed the world how much interest NSA takes in foreigners, I’ve started migrating my data away from the US cloud. This isn’t easy, as you would know. Here are the alternatives I’ve moved to.