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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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[–] constantokra@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SSH, and then docker compose. Are you familiar with linux CLI? Also, if you're interested in putting files on a server, you can always mount the folders locally with sshfs. SSH is basically enough to make linux preferable to windows for anyone who likes to tinker or do anything remotely. And it's not going away either. The SSH knowledge I gained a decade ago is still completely relevant.

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I am! Well, sort of. I never really learned how to write scripts to automate anything, so I have severely limited myself. I do know a lot of common commands and how look stuff up in man pages. I am comfortable just not competent with linux CLI.

I guess I have my work cut out for me. I will probably reinstall the OS, something more lightweight. Since I am making a server I would like it to be headless. It is an older machine, HP Elitedesk G1, so it is small and gets loud when it does anything.

Thank you!