45Drives hasn't sent me any hardware. I still think they're neat.

Let’s talk about 45Drives, why I like their open source Cockpit modules, as well as their tutorials and documentation about open source projects.

I think it’s rare to have a corporation care this much about open source. From my outsider view as someone who has never been sent anything from 45Drives, I think it’s refreshing. And I want to talk about it!

This video was not sponsored, 45Drives has not only (to date) not sent me any hardware, but we’ve had no business dealings at all: no money changing hands, no free trips to see their factory, nothing like that. Again, this is as of filming: can’t predict the future! :)

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Links referenced in the video:
- The 45Drives website: https://www.45drives.com/
- And 45Drives is on YouTube (it’s a great channel): https://youtube.com/@45Drives
- Their file sharing Cockpit module: https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-file-sharing
- FTC disclosures for social media influencers: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-101-social-media-influencers
- The older of the two ZFS modules from 45Drives: https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-zfs-manager
- And the newer one they’re building from scratch: https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-zfs
- Friend of the channel Tom gave me permission to share his clips here, go check out his channel if you’re not already subscribed: https://youtube.com/@LAWRENCESYSTEMS
- My blog post where I go into a bit more detail about how to install these modules: https://vkc.sh/45drives-cockpit/

Chapters:
0:00 45Drives hasn’t sponsored me in any way… so far
3:00 What is Cockpit anyway?
4:54 Looking at two 45Drives modules for Cockpit
6:17 But… I thought you hated corporations?
8:29 Would I buy a 45Drives server? (probably)

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