I’m a Windows guy since forever and I recently got into selfhosting. So far its a blast! Are posts about that welcome here?

  • clifmo@programming.devEnglish
    6·
    1 hour ago

    Welcome sure, but few and far between. Check out JimsGarage on YouTube. He does a lot of windows selfhosting content

  • AlfalFaFail@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I self host on windows. It just happened to be what I had on the box. Then I got started with docker. So that was great. When I have the time, I hope to switch to unraid, but need the time to be open enough to deal with the problem that will arise in getting the system set up just right.

  • Guda Blues@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    3 hours ago

    I guess everyone is welcome, from windows to people doing it on OSes they made themselves!

  • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I started out self hosting with windows server 2012 because my school was a Microsoft and Cisco partner but mostly ran Linux VMs on it using hardware raid. Ran bitwarden, Plex and a wiki plus a VM with a bunch of docker containers. Ran that for about 3 years and now have been on Unraid for 6 or so years and loving it.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    33·
    5 hours ago

    Well yeah but… Why would you? It’s unnecessarily making things hard on yourself for so many reasons.

    My Linux computer is like a giant basket of free Legos and I can build whatever the hell I want easily

  • falynns@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    13 hours ago

    Sure, but know you’re doing things the hard way. I started with Win 10, WSL, and Docker Desktop but moving to Linux made things 10x easier, Windows is… difficult.

    • MapTheft@lemdro.idEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      I agree with this comment. Switching to Linux, with minimal experience, has been so much easier than trying to arse around with Docker Desktop on Windows.

  • Sonalder@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    One step at a time, you will eventually move to GNU/Linux in the future if this new hobby persist. But there is nothing wrong with beginning using software and tools you are already familiar with. However you will probably have to use WSL (Linux inside Windows basically) to make things work and all guides you will find will mostly be based on Docker and/or Linux. So you will definitely use Linux on your Microslop owned machine.

    If you don’t have the time to learn a new OS it’s fine, but it will not necessarly make things easier, especially on the long run. That’s my take on it.

    My very first self-hosting homelab was a Linux Mint old refurbished desktop PC that I was remotely accessing through AnyDesk (I was a Windows kid user at that time). Now I’m on NixOS through SSH and still learning, I do not completely comfortable but I am able to use it and learn while doing so.

    I would highly encourage you to try to run a lightweight beginer friendly Linux distro such as debian, Linux Mint XFCE or Kubuntu if you feel like you need a desktop environement and graphic user interfaces but if you really want to use that Microslop license you bought it’s fine, you will probably switch in the following months or years. Okay maybe not, some people are fine using it.

    You can also take a look at stuff like runtipi, yunohost, CasaOS, ZimaOS, Umbrel, Cloudron and stuff like that. They aim to be beginner friendly self-hosting “OS” or “WebUI”.

    • Landless2029@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Being a former pure windows guy it’s more like battered wife syndrome.

      Its an abusive relationship but its all you know and hard to leave.

      I’m on bazzite now with a Debian homelab on a SFF.

      Still really new to Linux but I’m trying.

      • ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        Good for you. If the way Windows behaves now doesn’t drive people to Linux, they’ll never jump. They’ll just keep taking the abuse because they like it.

        I don’t understand starting out on Linux in an immutable distro, but maybe that’s the oldhead in me, I’ve been on Linux since the 90s. I find adding software in those distros to be a massive pain in the ass, as well as dealing with its constraints on configurability. But if it’s working for you, fill your boots. Welcome to the dark side.

        • Landless2029@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 hours ago

          My daily driver is bazzite. It’s my web surfing gaming box.

          I got a Linux mint laptop to fuddle with as well. Thats where I break things.

  • Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    15 hours ago

    Most self-hosted solutions come as containers, containers are Linux only and on Windows they run under the WSL VM, so eventually (if you are not doing full installs) you are still using Linux

  • SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    16 hours ago

    I would recommend at most ruining windows as the hypervisor then running Linux virtual machines. Maybe run a windows VM if you have a specific need.

    This is mainly because Linux is much better “supported” for the majority of self hosted projects.

    But you can of course do whatever you want.

  • BartyDeCanter@piefed.socialEnglish
    52·
    1 day ago

    Sure, if that’s what you want to do. Though, you’ll probably find less references and expertise here. There is a reason that even Microsoft runs Linux on most of its own servers.