I had a Raspberry Pi once and wanted to move file from the current folder to some other folder. I typed mv /* /path/to/folder/ and move everything in the root directory and down to this other folder.

EDIT: Meant to say that snapshots are cheap backups. I ended up reinstalled the OS.

Correct would have been dot slash: mv ./* /path/to/folder/

Which software do you use for backups?

Install Virtualbox (or some software to handle virtual machines).
Install Debian (or some other OS of your choice, I won’t judge if you prefer Windows).
Update your OS (apt update && apt upgrade -y on Debian).
Take a snapshot of your VM’s current state after updating. Saves a lot of time if you mess up or want a clean slate.

Now you decide on what you want. Do you want to install n8n or Node-RED for automation? Do you want to use Immich for pictures? Paperless to save papers in a digital format? Audiobookshelf to listen on your books or podcasts? Jellyfin to stream your media? Set up a Minecraft or Factorio server?

Once you have decided on what you want to do, try to do it in your virtual machine.
Once you understand how to set it up and configure it to your liking, decide on how you want to host it. I took an office computer, added a few HDDs and replaced the case with a bigger one and it’s now my home server, but any old laptop will do. Just make sure to take backups.

I used to have a Dell R710 and a virtual machine for each service I hosted, but I have moved to docker because it as simple as taking the often provided compose file, tweaking it a bit (where to store data etc) and running it with docker compose up -d.

Why does it have a picture of flour when it tells me to use floor?

Hey, that was a good list. More people should join unions.

Which language can nil an int?

First time I have to use it, the spelling really confused me. Wrote unmount and didn’t understand why it didn’t work.

NixOS is a declarative OS. Instead of installing a software, you specify it in a config (.nix file) and rebuild. Same goes mounts, services etc.

I use it because it is great to be able to revert if I do something stupid.

Same here. I remember playing minecraft and wanted to install some mod on my server. There were instructions and I followed them. Problems? Search the web.

I also tried to run TeamSpeak on an RPI at some point, and that was when I learned about ARM.

You are welcome.

I used to support a few companies hosting their own email servers (I supported the mail server software). I will never host my own email, not unless I have a gateway between me and world, someone to configure the DNS and all that.

1. Figure out what you want to host.
2. Read up on what is required to host that.
3. Understand what is required to host that.
4. Skip step 3, wing it and search the internet as you go.

I second Debian because of the amount of information out there.

Since multiple people will be using the same IP when using a VPN. If one person is a bad actor and causes the IP to be blacklisted, it will affect you too.

Agreed. This law suite gives me the feeling that they know exactly what they are doing.

It is probably easier and faster to take this route that was the auther suggested.

If Louisiana wants platforms to implement stronger identity verification for child safety reasons, they should advocate for new legislation designed for that purpose (and see if they can make a law that actually survives Constitutional scrutiny), not twist existing privacy protections into their opposite.

It also does not prevent them from acually advocate for new legislations.

Use mcfly and it will be even better.

From their README. Have you looked at their forum?

We cannot provide direct technical support. Get help running this software in your own environment in our unofficial community forum.

This thread has a link to someone’s Dockerfile for their development.

Is he planing on creating a an OS as well or just copy the office suite?

A Moomin scholar

Nice, I also want to read Moomin as a job.

Here is two enteries from my Caddyfile:

ip.domain.tld:80 {
        respond "{client_ip}" 200
}


git.domain.tld {
        reverse_proxy forgejo:3000
}

This is all I need and Caddy will handle the rest. I have created a network with podman/docker that I add to any container that I need to reverse proxy to.