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submitted 1 year ago by beerd@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I just recently started playing around with an old pc as my homeserver and am curious of any recommendations for lesser known self hostable foss software that you would recommend

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[–] Nitrousoxide@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, if you want to actually learn, I would strongly recommend against using Docker containers for everything. Besides being stuck with what the developers prefer, all the work of installing things is already done.

I really disagree on this point. You should use docker or podman (preferably Podman) to containerize your applications on your server to keep them ephemeral and separated from the host OS wherever possible. This improves security, makes setups reproducible, and eases backup and restore procedure. If you want to build from source do so with a containerfile/docker file to keep your build environment fresh and clean.

[–] grouvie@lemmy.help 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly this. You should use docker and for a beginner Podman is perfect.