The Linux Foundation has a mentorship programme which is really great, might be worth a look, although I am not sure how easy it is to get accepted: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentees

If you are open to building something yourself this might be an alternative (disclaimer: I just know of this project but no idea how well it works): https://www.findmycat.io/

The energy prices in Sweden were also mostly negative yesterday, and today as well. Although probably not quite as much as in Finland.

Use Clevis either with TPM or Tang (remote server) https://github.com/latchset/clevis

Obviously that was a controversial decision, but Red Hat probably contributes to Open Source more than any other company. To call Red Hat “OSS Hostile” is probably a little too much.

The most important thing, if you intend to do outgoing email, is to get a reputable hosting service, where you’d have few/none bad neighbours. Unfortunately that often doesn’t come together with cheap, as cheap solutions often attract a certain clientele. I’ve also had more luck with slightly smaller (but still reputable) providers, i.e stay away from OVH / Hetzner and the like. If you want something cheap, it’d probably not be a good experience to self-host.

With my self hosted solution I have no concerns about deliverability, and only very few occasions had blacklisting issues (due to neighbours in the /16 range).

LXD is really a great project (when run without snap…), in large part due to Stéphane. This is a real shame.