I tried installing an ISO and it black screened. weird.

Okay, so CasaOS is easier to set up (but uses more resources and I won’t learn sysadmin stuff) whereas using something like Debian is a bit harder to set up (but uses less resources and learn more!).

Think I might try CasaOS on my 11th gen laptop and plain Debian on my 6th gen laptop and see which I prefer

OHHH that’s why I couldn’t find out how to install it. Got it.

Ah got it. I’ve installed debian since yunohost had issues installing for whatever reason. Weird.

Writing down different commands on a note seems like a good idea. Thanks!

What kind of issues?

TrueNAS scale seems like the perfect option, the only downside is that my old laptops don’t meet the hardware requirements

Cosmos does look quite good. TrueNAS can’t run on my old laptops so HexOS was never really an option

I ended up installing Debian since Yunohost can’t install and my old laptop doesn’t meet the hardware requirements of TrueNAS Scale

thanks for sharing your experience :D

ah okay, gotcha. So no CasaOS then. Lots of others suggest YUNOHost, is that fine?

Woah, there’s a lot. Nice that there’s plenty of options!

thanks! Maybe I could check out cockpit and portainer too…

Thanks, that was really helpful :D

I’ll try CasaOS then, and later maybe I could move to Debian once I get better at the command line!

oh yep, oops, I’ll go fix that

yep, I fixed the typo! I’ve always thought it was spelt Mastadon. weird. I never used Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat/whatever even before I knew about the fediverse. I basically only use Mastodon to keep up to date with tech news through following accounts like android authority. Pixelfed I use just to share photos I’ve captured. Lemmy I use as what it is: a reddit alternative. Never used frendica before, but probably won’t try it since I personally have no use for it.

oh cool, never knew about that. I’ll add that then! I searched for a little bit and it seems WAY more lightweight than the official bitwarden server.