I am trying to use my old laptops for self-hosting. One has a 6th gen Intel Core i3 (4GB ram), the other has an 11th gen Intel Core i5 (8GB ram). I have previously tried both ubuntu server and desktop but couldn’t get it to work well. For the former I found it difficult to remote ssh and the latter I had difficulty installing Docker containers. (I’m not very good with the command line)

I would like to find an OS that is easier to setup with less of a neccesity for the command line (I would still like to learn how to use it though, I don’t want to get rid of it entirely!). I’ve heard of CasaOS, is that a good option? It seems quite easy to use. What about other alternatives?

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
      329·
      1 day ago

      Notice that it hasn’t amongst mainstream consumers.

      You know what self hosted projects have been successes? Plex and Home Assistant. You know what projects don’t require the terminal? Plex and Home Assistant.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        131·
        1 day ago

        Notice that it hasn’t amongst mainstream consumers.

        Good. Mainstream consumers don’t understand enough about networking and computer security to be trusted to self-host anything beyond desktop applications. And even that is debatable. They’re so bad at it that walled-gardens have become ubiquitous just to keep viruses from running rampant.

      • tauren@lemm.eeEnglish
        101·
        1 day ago

        Notice that it hasn’t amongst mainstream consumers.

        What? A niche technical hobby isn’t popular among mainstream consumers? Wow!

        Mainstream consumers don’t know words “Plex” and “Home Assistant” either. There are already products that target these people. And there are products targeted at technical people. We need diversity.

        • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
          116·
          1 day ago

          Self hosting is just an extension of open source software. It’s only goal is being able to run your own backends of apps to not be exploited by major companies. It’s goal is not to be a niche technical hobby, if that’s your goal in its own right, then get a model train or a Warhammer set.

          Mainstream consumers don’t know words “Plex” and “Home Assistant” either.

          Yes, they do lol. It’s flat out weird to think that the only people who have ever heard of pirating are software developers and server admins who use the command line.

          • nagaram@startrek.websiteEnglish
            31·
            17 hours ago

            You got into Self Hosting for unreasonable ideological reasons

            I got into self hosting to avoid AWS Fees

            We are not the same