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It's Hard to Stay Motivated (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I got Jellyfin up and running, it's 10/10. I love this thing, and it reinvigorated my love for watching movies. So I decided to tackle all the other services I wanted, starting with Paperless-ngx...

What a nightmare. It doesn't have a Windows install so I made an Ubuntu VM. Don't get me started on Ubuntu. I just spent about 12hrs trying to get Portainer to cooperate and had to give up. I tried just installing Paperless the "normal way" and had to give up on that too.

My point: if you're getting started selfhosting you have to embrace and accept the self-inflicted punishment. Good luck everybody, I don't know if I can keep choosing to get disappointed.

Edit: good news! Almost everything I wanted to do is covered by Jellyfin which can be done in Windows.

Edit2: It's been a year, and a lot has changed. I'm currently running a NAS + Ubuntu server. I'm running over a dozen docker containers among other miscellaneous services, and these services are being used by close friends as well. I owe several people apologies for being so quick to dismiss the entire Linux community. I found a few mentors, and now I'm good. To anyone looking for help to get started, you're going to have a much better time in the long run if you join some help groups on Discord (I hate it, but it works).

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[–] JTode@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I will be one of many saying this: if you want to self-host you need to learn Linux. It can be done, but this is not like taking a pottery class and you don't really get to show anyone, the only people who will understand are people who are also able to do what you do. It's rewarding on many levels, but pleasure and sociality are not among those rewards. :>