Nas is really not hard and sooo convenient. You could do it
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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Nah, I’m only partially tech literate. I don’t know how in the fuck to use a terminal or command line stuff.
But I know what HTTPS is and how to check the header of an email to know if its phishing. I know how to use and manage PGP keys (although I have zero people to communicate with so I end up never using it, in practice).
Boot from USB is just spamming one of the F1 F2 F11 F12 button repeatedly then select the USB, very easy, learned that in 2 minutes using a web search.
But don’t ask me to set up a Lemmy Instance, I aint got the brain power for it, I’m likely to mess up setting up the security aspect of it then a hacker is gonna deface it like lemmy.world that time when they got hacked. I actually have zero clue on how to set up self-host stuff. I don’t bother with a NAS, I just copy my photos, videos, movies, wikipedia .zim files via a USB cable directly to a portable SSD (I keep multiple copies of the same files). If I need my files on the go, I just take one of the SSDs and put it in my pocket. No NAS needed.
(Also NAS are kinda expensive, and you have to buy the drives separately, so the NAS thing is kinda just expensive stuff on top of the storage you already have to pay for, so I don’t bother, I love my portable SSDs)
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Its not just the extra headache of setting it up, I also don’t like the cost of it.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I see. You can build a nas with spare junk pc parts too, check out freenas. You dont need a synology etc
iridebikes@lemmy.world 5 days ago
With what you are able to do, you could work in IT.
nickiwest@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I have definitely worked jobs where I know more than the IT department, and that’s scary.