Comment on Stupid question, but are there free VPS/VM instances for a jobless girl who wants to run her own instance?

atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• IceFoxX@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wouldn’t start with anything involving user-generated content… Otherwise, it could easily be misused, and the police might end up at YOUR door.

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  • atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks

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    • atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I might

      1) Get new equipment and always run my old computer

      2) Get a Raspberry Pi

      3) Keep running my new computer forever

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      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Pi is a good option because of it’s low power draw.

        However I find used mini pc’s and Small Form Factor desktops to be a better value and their idle power is similar to the latest Pi (while costing about the same as a new Pi).

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      • IceFoxX@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s not the point. For example, I use Raspberries as an ad blocker, file server, Nextcloud, private (!!!) web server, and VPN.

        I wouldn’t run ANYTHING on them that’s publicly accessible…

        Imagine if two users used it to share child pornography, for example… Then your life is completely screwed as the middleman…

        Or malware gets distributed through it… Or your entire network gets hacked…

        Quickly dismiss the idea of setting up something like Lemmy or whatever on your own network. The world is a shitty place… which means it’s not a question of if something will happen, but WHEN

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Skip the pie as it is really terrible for the money you are spending

        Instead, find a old workstation and setup Linux.

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Google only gives you about $100 to start with

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