Hey everyone, as I previously mentioned the rules here are up for debate, and I’d like to start with the problem that led us all here:
- Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it’s not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
Breaking it up:
Posts have to be centered around self-hosting
Kind of obvious for the community, but perfectly fine to note.
There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing.
Without listing anything here, I think this is pointless and unhelpful. I’d also note that hardware is intrinsic to hosting your own services, and we are talking about people hosting at home, which makes “home computing” here rather confusing. We host these things for our home computing typically. The intention I think was “This is not your generic linux help desk or buildapc”, but that doesn’t come through very well.
If it’s not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
I like this not from a moderation perspective, but more of a post clarity perspective. Whats obviously related to selfhosting to the OP may not be obvious to people visiting that post.
Here’s what I propose as a revised rule 3:
Posts here are to be centered around self-hosting. Be prepared to explain to others why it’s related to self-hosting if asked.
Please discuss! Happy to have any additional input on this.
In the meantime, I’m striking out the middle of rule 3 until there is some consensus on wording.
Edit: Its/it’s typo
Edit 2: Slight language update option:
Posts here are to be centered around self-hosting. Please ensure it is clear in your post how it relates to self-hosting.
I’ve always felt that if you are soliciting recommendations for self hosting equipment, why not ask self hosters? I would say that 99% of all equipment threads that get posted here are directly related to beginners or even seasoned vets, asking 'what kind of equipment world I need to run ‘xxx stack’. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a thread where the OP was building his next gaming machine asking for recommends.
The whole gatekeeping about the strict definition of ‘self hosting’. Self hosting is a huge conglomeration of different approaches. Sometimes, especially with beginners, outright buying a proper piece of equipment to use in your residence might be problematic, or cost prohibitive. However a small, $30 USD/year VPS might fit for getting your feet wet, or even on into the future. In past lives I have started, modded, forums. I used to be a mod at reddit for quite a while of a good handful of subs like De-Google/De-Amazon/ all the De-(corporate services). I seriously despise gatekeeping. I think we can all co-exist whether you have a full blown rack in your closet that dims the neighborhood lights when you power up, a small VPS, an RPi, or a repurposed disposable vape-server (which was pretty doggone impressive).
I honestly haven’t seen too many completely off topic threads started here. There are a few. There was the Anonymous recruiting thread, a lost Lemmy with children down on his luck, and a few others. However, for the most part, people who bypass reddit and navigate all the way to Lemmy c/selfhosting are pretty much within the realm of selfhosting.
I believe in being encouraging and positive, even if the topic of discussion is something I’m not really kosher with. We’re all, I’m assuming, fully autonomous adults capable of making our own decisions…and living with them.
So… I started “Self hosting” wolf/games on whales this past week from my laptop, this lets me play easy on the tv with a gamepad, and with some tweaks, will let my kid play while I use the laptop. ( https://games-on-whales.github.io/wolf/stable/user/quickstart.html). This does want a decent gaming pc though.
Very neat stuff overall.
Bazzite running on a framework 16, my only complaint is the fans.
Sweet! Family first. I am unfamiliar with ‘Games on Whales’. What all can you play?
OK thats hilariously fun, and I think would 100% be a fit.
I know of folks running their lightweight stack off balcony solar - and I think that is relevant too and would upvote posts about that if I saw it here.
Because after all…