I have been wanting to self-host recently I have an old laptop it’s a Toshiba satellite m100-221 sitting around it only has 4gb of ram, but I don’t know what is a good starting point for an OS for my home lab I discovered yunohost but heard mixed opinions about it when searching I would like lemmy’s opinion on a good OS for a beginner wanting to start a home lab I would prefer a simple solution like yunohost but would like it to be configurable it’s fine if it needs a bit of tinkering.

  • drkt@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Take a few steps back and ask yourself what needs you’re trying to fill. I never heard of Yunohost before, but it sounds high-level and abstract. Are you a programmer? Are you familiar with Linux? Are you comfortable in a terminal? Are you familiar with networking?

    Find out what you want to do before installing “everything and the kitchen sink” solutions.

    • artiman@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I am familiar with Linux and comfortable in terminal, but I am not comfortable networking, and I am not a programmer.

        • artiman@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I want to host a couple of things like email and immich and Nextcloud for privacy and security and money saving needs I currently use Google photos and hosted Nextcloud by adminforge.de its good and privacy respecting and a nice owner, but I would like more than 2gb.

          • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
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            1 month ago

            Don’t host email from home. Many ISPs block that to combat spam and most email servers don’t accept mails from home-IPs for the same reason.

            Most people will recommend not hosting email at all because it is a pain in the arse to set up so that other aervers actually accept your mails.