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How to start off small with the intent to expand in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah I have decided to start off by getting that old pc up as a server to handle some of the items, then expand hardware when I hit constraints.

How to start off small with the intent to expand in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the resource!

How to start off small with the intent to expand in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I've had some fun with portainer managing docker containers before, but Proxmox sounds like it takes it to the next level!

How to start off small with the intent to expand in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Great advice!

I have decided to go with just the new hdd as you've suggested to get that pc up and going again. I've used portainer to manage docker containers in the past when running it as a game server, but always assumed Proxmox fulfilled the same niche. Now that I understand it better it sounds like a lot of fun to play around with!

How to start off small with the intent to expand in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hahah, yeah re-reading it I can see where you're coming from. I probably should have been clearer on only the first three being ones I want to get going first. Everything else can come later.

Edit: and the penny just dropped you were making a pun... 😅

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How to start off small with the intent to expand (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by President@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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A couple of weeks ago I spat the dummy with windows and shifted to Linux. I think I am now ready to drink the coolaid.

What I have available currently is an ISP router and a decade-old gaming PC with a failing hdd that used to host games. I also have some budget to spare so that I can set things up nicely or in a way that I can add on it in the future.

Here are my goals are in order:

  1. Proper onsite and maybe offsite backups - my migration to Linux illustrated gaps and I expect in the future I will run VMs that should be backed up
  2. Home security cameras (Which I don't own yet)
  3. Replacing something like onedrive. I expect this will be NextCloud
  4. Yarr. Sonarr/radarr/jellyfin
  5. Hosting game servers
  6. Block adverts and maintaining privacy
  7. Improve the latency of my steam link to my TV via chromecast
  8. Hosting webscraping and analysis of data off some local websites
  9. Maybe set up some some smart home automation things
  10. I'd like to get solar power and monitor how the whole setup is doing.
  11. Self host my bit warden
  12. I dunno, backup Wikipedia or something. Give me ideas

So where would you recommend I start off with hardware? Simply replace the old pc hdd or look to having a NAS? A better router to handle VLAN? Go all in with Ubiquiti products which I have heard mixed things about? About the only thing I know is that a UPS would be a waste for an aspiring enthusiast like myself.

Any advice or pointing me at wikis or other resources would be greatly appreciated.

FEDiverse lol in c/fedimemes@feddit.uk
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago

Control? Loved that game!

I found a sunken boat in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is your draft really shallow or if that just the perspective?

The Daily Check-in for 21 July 2025 - just for today, we are not drinking! in c/stopdrinking@lemmy.world
Which of the Half-Life Expansions are your favorite? in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

I really enjoyed the Minerva mods for hl2, but the same developer made a hl1 map too:

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Someplace_Else

Sweet pic in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Even as a child I always assumed that it was artwork.

Damn I need to get out and enjoy the world.

The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole · Den Delimarsky in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 53 points 7 months ago (13 children)

I've been thinking of setting one up for a while, if I have a home server would I be better off hosting it on that or as a separate device? What are the alternatives to a raspberry pi? They've shot up in price over the years.

The Daily Check-in for 5 May 2025 - just for today, we are not drinking! in c/stopdrinking@lemmy.world
[–] President@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Saying it for the first time out loud, I will not drink with you today.

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Hiding entire servers (sh.itjust.works)
 

Is there a way to hide entire servers instead of specific communities from the Voyager app or anywhere on Lemmy? I have to keep up my hardboiled business facade and am sick of blocking each new community on ani.social...

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Open Source Equivalent to Project Planning? (sh.itjust.works)
 

What I am after is something that I can use to plan out a home project and not have to deal with realigning things manually like if I did in something like libre office calc. (It would be a bonus if I can self host it across a few devices.)

It doesn't seem like any of the recent threads are questions, so apologies if I have missed a rule or FAQ by asking this. (I left reddit in the debacle last year and have only just made an account)

I'd also love it if somebody could point me at any aggregated lists of open source software since I have already picked up some new ones and confirmed my intention to use some that I had heard of.

Thanks in advance!

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