@teleclimber yeah no, Linux is part of why it feels daunting. i'm very much a GUI person, i avoid the terminal whenever i can lol.
i'm pretty sure my rpi is 32-bit (that's what it came with, and i don't want to change it bc i already use it for my Plex server).
at least Node runs fine on it. but i still need to figure out how to serve multiple static websites and run multiple Node servers on different ports in the proper way.
this is what Jake was getting at with "it requires upfront work".