Submitted 2 days ago by ori@lemmy.blahaj.zone to selfhosted@lemmy.world
I’m a complete noob with: A computer with 4GB of RAM 1 tera of storage A computer from 2014 Free time Computer with a dead battery
I’m trying to selfhost files with nextcloud and imich (idk if I have writen it correctly)
English isn’t my first language btw
Yunohost.
Your computer very likely doesn’t need a special distro for low end devices yet. A common distro like linux mint will do fine, and that’s probably the best choice if you’re new to linux.
Proxmox is my number one choice. It’s based on Debian, and has an excellent, extremely straightforward web UI for managing virtual machines and LXC containers.
FreeBSD - it won't be easy, but I've been a BSD guy at heart for decades... You will learn a lot and eventually be able to create better systems, but it will be years before you should risk putting anything important on a system - as a noob you have a lot to learn the hard way. Once you think you know FreeBSD you should try the other BSDs, and things like gentoo linux: you will really learn how this works.
You can follow the advice of the others and get a system going sooner. It isn't a wrong choice, but you won't learn as much and if something doesn't work the way you want you are stuck since you can't dare change anything. As such I have to advice against it despite all the time/effort my advice will cost you.
it won’t be easy
OP already said they are a noob.
bluGill already noted that OP is a noob. He literally said:
as a noob you have a lot to learn the hard way.
if you want to self host and not open to the internet, alpinelinux is small, install docker and run your containert there, low footprint.
Definitely not beginner friendly. Yunohost is great for beginners.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Debian is fine and you can follow many tutorials (Ubuntu tutorials also usually work as the difference isn’t big).
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Debian is great and is the backbone of my self-hosting setup too! :D
Yunohost, as others have said, seems like a pretty good option too, but I couldn’t get it to boot, so I used Debian instead.
artyom@piefed.social 2 days ago
You can install Yunohost on Debian. It’s just a single command.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Lubuntu is a lightweight and fast variant of Ubuntu, so the Ubuntu instructions you find online should still work.
cron@feddit.org 2 days ago
For selfhosting, I would advise against installing a desktop environment and rather suggest to install a server version without GUI.