Start9 Labs CEO Matt Hill Interview Lightning Ventures 3/24/2022

[@bitcoinmechanic]

Boom

[@RogerWilco1]

Holy cow, boom is right.

[@lvlogger1100]

Absolutely 💯 badass!!

[@jo8198]

Ok, let’s do this…as a non techy how do I Start9 ?

[@mikejarmuzmuzz8331]

Order one. Plug it in. Lock the door. Start to play

[@Btree33]

Password keychains are a huge part of the cloud and ppls lives W the increased usage of passkeys I can see more ppl being down w their own servers

[@brettshull2141]

Mine has been ordered. Once I get it and play with it, I suspect several of my friends here in TN will appreciate sovereign computing and these Start9 features.

[@LightningVentures]

Nice. Also BTCsessions just released a killer guide.

[@brettshull2141]

I made it about 1/3 through that video. I will definitely refer to this video in the days ahead. I just saw tracking and my Embassy one comes today!

[@-someone-.]

⁠@@LightningVentureshey thank you so much for this…I’ve just replace Umbrel, (coz I thought synapse would get updated sometime this century) and I’m running matrix element over tor on my raspberry pi4. . Thank you! I’ve search high and low, but can’t find the default user/password to ssh into it? 👍

[@LightningVentures]

Are you in the Start9 Telegram channel? There is a very active community there and I know you'll get all your questions answered@@-someone-.

[@-someone-.]

@@LightningVentures 👋 thx for the reply, I figured it out myself. Ive never had /operated a system where ssh needs to be securely configured, os I followed the steps on the ssh tab in startos and I got in! Had to create a key in puttygen ! Never did that before! I love start-os ❤️

[@kevalan1042]

The issue that I'm seeing here is that Start9 see themselves as a software company creating value mainly for individuals (and hopefully for businesses down the line), and don't consider the hardware an important part of their business. Since StartOS is free & open source, this is not making them any money, while it is costing them in developer salaries. Down the line, possible bad scenarios: 1) the business market pans out, i.e. they may deprioritize individuals in favor of SMEs; 2) the business market does not pan out, 2a) they try to monetize the individuals instead, which usually does not go down nicely when it's after the fact, or 2b) they move to becoming a hardware company, and the incentive switches to making StartOS run better on their own hardware. Sorry if I seem cynical but I've heard a wise man say that no one is better than their incentives

[@LightningVentures]

How much does it cost to install Linux? Redhat has a 33B market cap. I’m afraid your argument does not hold much water

[@kevalan1042]

@@LightningVentures I don't understand your argument. What do you mean by "how much does it cost to install Linux"? Concerning RedHat: they just closed their source code to non-customers

[@cyberhodl]

this is fucking sick. looking forward to bitcoin conf

[@mikejarmuzmuzz8331]

Did you peep the new model? Thing is a beast.

[@cyberhodl]

@@mikejarmuzmuzz8331 pre order is in 🔥

[@ryanm7263]

His comments about Umbrel are dead on. It's unbelievably fragile, a "rickety house of twigs." The slightest hiccup and your Umbrel is as far from operational as the earth is from Andromeda. A simple UI is instantly transformed to a tangled mess of cryptic log files and CLI. You're lured in by the appearance of ease and simplicity and then instantly duped into become a dev. If you're not a dev, or don't like putting your dev hat on, Umbrel is not for you. Wish I knew that beforehand.