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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I setup my own instance so that I could have some control over my alias, and pretty much because I can.

You can go a long way with free cloud offerings from both Amazon and Oracle and setup a decent sized instance. I set mine up at a data-center where I manage unrelated services, but I take full advantage of Amazon & Oracle for side projects. DigitalOcean would be another low cost option, as you can run a small lemmy instance on a pretty modest droplet. You'll get the most horsepower from Oracle always free if you can manage to find one of their regions with available resources. (it can be a challenge)

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Iโ€™m still hacking away on my attempt to establish an instance on a DigitalOcean droplet. Iโ€™m not a professional sys admin, just a linux hobbyist but this does seem like the easiest way to make a small instance withiut the extra overhead of home hosting.

My total cost should be under $8 a month until I get more than a handful of users, if that ever happens. My main goal really is just a bit more control than the R-place allows.