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  • I think the complexity and difficulty involved not just to do it, but to do it right is going to be a straight cliff of a learning curve for those not already technically inclined in databases, networking, and filesystems/block storage.

    Which is why i’m planning around my setup for two years already (some of the fancy nice-to-haves are stale again already) and am going the route of minimal yet pragmatic toolset because i did learn that stuff but didn’t do the graduation (am dev now) and the bigger tools are more rigide in how to do it and break more often.

    And yeah, sharing my selfhost was low on the list already.







  • For minimal Windows, there’s Tiny11 (german).

    My setup (partially in planning):

    • a small box/notebook for casual computing/gaming on desktop.
    • One beefy box hooked to the tv and controller for RPG & co.
    • Remote-desktop to the beefy box for modding & some games. Cable connected, wifi makes remotedesktop slow.

    I’m playing with the idea to use Windows on the (not yet completed) beefy box, since some modding tools and multiplayer games don’t work on linux.

    This setup avoids hassles with dual boot/virtualization. And you don’t have your beefy box running 24/7.