seems cool, as I certainly seen this rivalry between complexity and simplicity. I don’t really need E2EE for a simple private communication server, but it is nice to have. I mean, We use it when relying on 3rd party services, because we don’t want them spying on our communications, but when it’s a private server hosted locally/in the cloud, the only unwanted eyes are hackers, who I don’t think care that much about private servers with small numbers of users.

glance averages around 20MB of RAM per day on my home server. Others have mentioned syncthing, which is also very light on resources, and super useful.

I mean, they must comply or face fines, whereas users can modify things however they please. I am ready to leave google, discord and twitter, so for users like me who won’t be on platforms that require age verification, I’d have no qualms about modding my OS to remove/disable age verification.

DoB recording, and ID age verification, are two different things though.

don’t have an old pc lying around? I literally built my first server while I was jobless, (I did purchase HDDs when I was employed, though). That same server has a cpu, mobo, ram and case that are well over 15 years old now, only the PSU and storage are new.

I’m hosting a discord alternative called sharkord. Initially I just hosted it on my home server, but I couldn’t open ports for voice chat so I did move to a VPS with akami (linode). At most it’s costing me $5 CAD a month.

It’s wayyy lighter to run compared to lemmy, because servers aren’t federated. I know, different application, but just wanted to provide a point of reference.

oh yeah, and I don’t know, but I only run linux, and almost never shutdown my main PC anyways, only reboot for updates or shutdown for maintenance. I could 100% just host things on my main PC, but it’s only connected to the internet via wi-fi, which is why I went the separate pc route. If you need parts, see what people are willing to give away.

I use dockwatch, but not for automatic updates. I just update after reviewing the changelog and user reports.