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submitted 10 months ago by mfat to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

What are the most promising projects/services aiming at making self hosting easier for everyone?

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[-] marathon@liberdon.com 1 points 9 months ago

@halm I use FreedomBox or want to, but it doesn't seem to support that much in terms of software, as I remember it once did. Perhaps I'm remembering wrong. I was hoping it would support more Fediverse server software, like some of the lighter fedi server software.

[-] halm@leminal.space 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Right? Maybe the FreedomBox suite just feels scarce after the Yunohosts and the CasaOSs that have appeared in the meantime with much larger app offerings.

Nowadays people are spoilt for choice โ€” and I'm not complaining! โ€” so maybe there's a market for a FreedomBox-like plug server with a Docker setup out of the box and a GUI to Docker hub?

Edit: It actually looks like CasaOS are trying for something like that with their Zimaboard single board server. I'm a little wary that the company is based in China but I'm also typing this on my Oneplus phone, so who am I to judge.

[-] marathon@liberdon.com 0 points 9 months ago

@halm I tried Yunohost, but have to admit it confused me right at the install stage. I'm getting older and it doesn't take much. FreedomBox had issues when I installed Wordpress. Something to do with permissions, which I don't want to change from the default Debian settings. The barrier of entry is still too high for self-hosting for most of us.

[-] halm@leminal.space 1 points 9 months ago

I tried yunohost for a few months and wasn't perfectly happy with it either; the file system got too messy for me. The install isn't the most straightforward but I got there in the second attempt ๐Ÿ˜‰

[-] marathon@liberdon.com 1 points 9 months ago

@halm I'll give it another shot. :-) I really want to support the Debian Blend FreedomBox but it may not be my best option. :(

[-] halm@leminal.space 1 points 9 months ago

Well, CasaOS is also Debian based, supports Docker, and the developers sell what is essentially plug computers with it pre-installed...

[-] marathon@liberdon.com 0 points 9 months ago

@halm Docker seems like a good idea:After all that what's flatpaks are right? Apps in a docker like space, self contained?

[-] halm@leminal.space 1 points 9 months ago

As far as I understand it, yes. I think Flatpaks are isolated from the wider system but maybe pool dependencies to avoid redundancy, while dockers are fully sandboxed from each other?

I may be wrong, flatpaks were never really my cup of tea.

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