a server is just a computer so you can go the pi route (though too expensive nowadays) or a tinyminimicro (https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimicro-home-lab-revolution/). Used (business) HW is okay too
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smug@smuganimeavatar.xyz's status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:13:02 JST smug - Pleroma-tan likes this.
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Pleroma-tan (kirby@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:14:32 JST Pleroma-tan @smug @lamp to be honest 70 dollars is perfectly fine for any type of computer but I'm just a silly little student with no job so coming across a bit of money feels like magic. Raspberry pi is defo fine I have an old one lying around. In conversation permalink -
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lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:15:51 JST lamp @kirby @smug cant u use the free oracle In conversation permalink -
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Pleroma-tan (kirby@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:15:51 JST Pleroma-tan @lamp @smug I actually tried to sign up for that a while ago, it kept giving me error messages
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Pleroma-tan (kirby@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:18:10 JST Pleroma-tan @smug @lamp I have shitty old laptops lying around. I know I said it suuucks but it's handleable with a standard Debian setup In conversation permalink -
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smug@smuganimeavatar.xyz's status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:18:11 JST smug if you just want to practice server stuff you can do it on your current PC too (though running it 24/7 is a bit oof)
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smug@smuganimeavatar.xyz's status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:18:53 JST smug I ran "homelabs" on a pi2 before, just be aware of your limits (cbf to wait) and the HW limits. You generally don't need a gui either if you just ssh/run a webpage so that's also less load.
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lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:20:13 JST lamp @kirby @smug find junk pcs somewhere (sites where people give away free stuff, ask around, neighbors or whatever)
my first server pc that i ran for 3 years was thrown out on the street by some neighbor down the street lol
3 years then i used for another year hosting mastodong.lol on wireless internet
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Pleroma-tan (kirby@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:23:06 JST Pleroma-tan @smug @lamp sort of wondering how my crappy laptop from 2016 will handle a few services running on it. I know you don't need a gui, I never install one on my servers it is a massive waste of resources.
I know it's more than capable of doing pleroma and maybe prosody at the same time. Which is what I'm doing with this vps (it actually runs on rather low specs)In conversation permalink -
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smug@smuganimeavatar.xyz's status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:27:46 JST smug Age doesn't matter too much as long as it goes BRR. Newer gens are interesting for stuff like media encoding though (and less power usage, duh).
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Gabry ᗜˬᗜ (gabryx86_64@udongein.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:29:25 JST Gabry ᗜˬᗜ @kirby @lamp @smug you could also get a milkv duo s that is literally as powerful as a zero and lets you select between an arm and a riscv core
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Pleroma-tan (kirby@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:29:33 JST Pleroma-tan @Gabryx86_64 @lamp @smug somehow I had never heard of this. Looks interesting I will keep it in mind. Thanks In conversation permalink -
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Gabry ᗜˬᗜ (gabryx86_64@udongein.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:36:47 JST Gabry ᗜˬᗜ @kirby @lamp @smug yes because it came out like some days ago, but the previous version the milkv duo came out like half a year ago
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Gabry ᗜˬᗜ (gabryx86_64@udongein.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 17:38:18 JST Gabry ᗜˬᗜ In conversation permalink Pleroma-tan likes this.