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Comment on anyone willing to walk a noob through getting some services running?

When you run into something vocabulary wise you don’t understand, Google is your friend just keep googling and reading to get the gist, Google any error messages too, I’m 43, I’ve been googling my whole life as a big fraud in IT, jk

But seriously Google Google Google has all the answers and as you use it more you hone your search skills to the point where you just scroll past the crap and wham find things right away. The more you search and work with the stuff the better you’ll get way more comfortable. Maybe try and find a local friend who’s good with computers or search that can help you a bit

I’ve helped many friends fix and troubleshoot stuff from time to time, but I’m not anyone’s full time IT, I work on retainer.

I don’t know everything but every day I learn, even stuff I’ll never have to use again.

I do IT consulting Reiners.io , if you want paid help no problem, but it does turn into a huge free time sink, with no reward.

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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I can Google things for hours and it’s just this rabbit hole of shit I can’t make any sense of.

It is freaking expensive and few people will want to do it for free.

I understand that. I thought maybe there would be someone wanting to help others get started but I totally understand if they don’t, also. I just hear so many people talk about how easy it is.

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- biddy@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If you’re confused about a specific term, ask about that specific term, and you’ll get many people eager to help. Sorry nobody wants to get on an open ended video call with a stranger to teach you how to run a server, but that’s just how these forums work. Everyone’s setup is different so there’s not much I could do to help in your video call.
  
  Learning this stuff is hard, don’t let anyone tell you any different. We all went through the same struggles, perhaps for some people that was so long ago that they forgot how hard it was.
  
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  - helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    If you’re confused about a specific term, ask about that specific term
    
    And we would end up going back and forth for hours instead of just figuring it out in a matter of minutes on a voice chat.
    
    Sorry nobody wants to get on an open ended video call
    
    Speak for yourself. Others have already volunteered. If you don’t want to join, feel free to keep scrolling.
    
    perhaps for some people that was so long ago that they forgot how hard it was.
    
    Seems to be a common thing with tech people.
    
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- astraeus@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If you can’t make any sense of it, keep trying. If keep trying isn’t what you want to do, don’t do it. Really, you don’t have to force yourself into this if it’s unintelligible and frustrating. I’ve hit the wall plenty of times, and I keep hitting the wall, sometimes I wish I could just stop while I’m not stressed and going bald.
  
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  - helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I do want to keep doing it. I just want to do it in a way that is efficient instead of scowering the web for more information I can’t understand.
    
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Grunt4019@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And then if you can’t find help on Google or are confused with a specific problem, THEN ask your specific question here or somewhere similar.

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