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From reddit selfhosted: What do you wish you knew from the start (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 month ago by EliRibble@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I saw this post today on Reddit and was curious to see if views are similar here as they are there.

What are the best benefits of self-hosting?
What do you wish you would have known as a beginner starting out?
What resources do you know of to help a non-computer-scientist/engineer get started in self-hosting?

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[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

NixOS is awesome!

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

although maybe not for beginners. for beginners use docker compose and do backups however you like

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Can you clarify on how NixOS is great for selfhosting? I was going to do mint.

[-] Kaufman5000@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

As far as operating systems goes, i would recommend Debian or Ubuntu. These are very wiedly used and there are many resources. And if you are brave, you can start without a Desktop.

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

you configure your whole server in one file (including docker/podman services), installation and configurations is taken care of by the package manager, you pretty much only need to know one file to admin your system

and no extra stuff is installed only what you specify so you have a minimal resource usage.

i think this is awesome

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Not as good as Ansible although they are different tools

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