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Friendica is a great fediverse alternative to Facebook (alternativeto.net)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

This is something that I hope fediverse developers and OSS developers start focusing on: making installation and self-hosting much simpler. Currently trying to set up self-hosted anything is a gigantic pain in the ass if you’re not already an experienced sysadmin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yunohost is a couple of clicks and done. The only problem is you need subdomains to put the apps on so you need to know a little about DNS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Not much though :) you can add a subdomain via the web control panel, run the server diagnostics, go back to the new domain and apply a Lets Encrypt certificate - done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I mean on the DNS provider like cloud flare. In yunohost it is very easy they have done amazing work on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Impressive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Docker containers are the solution and we already have it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Docker is not simple or intuitive for someone who is not already a sysadmin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Second that. I consider myself an experienced user by general standards, but I still have certain issues wrapping my head around Docker/Podman.

We cannot expect everyday users to use containers with ease.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

i wonder if a geocities or ezboard style could work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

so uh ... I've been sorta contemplating preinastalled hardware. Think a mini pc you plug into your router. Or even a minipc that replaces your router and has a clean UI for picking a handful of curated self-hosted stuff you want.

You could buy the hardware as a simple jumping off point to learn more or (and here is where I am not sure if there's a market) you could pay me (or other sysadmins like me) to support it.

What if self-hosted stuff worked a bit like your HVAC,. electrical or plumbing?