on Best Providers for hosting a Lemmy Instance? · c/selfhosted · 7 pts · 3yWell in theory yes but no federation.
on Are VPNs still useful for privacy when torrenting? · c/piracy · 4 pts · 3yYes if you are in a country that actually cares about you torrenting stuff (ex: USA). Generally a simple WireGuard instance will do the job very well.
on Lemmy docker container? · c/selfhosted · 4 pts · 3yWhy would you not want to run it in docker compose?
on Interested in setting up an instance with a spare laptop · c/selfhosted · 10 pts · 3yYeah it would work, but home internet bandwidth is the bigger concern here. I don't unfortunately can't estimate a user count.
on Best Providers for hosting a Lemmy Instance? · c/selfhosted · 13 pts · 3yHome servers are the best, but I have very slow upload and there are security risks with this if you don't isolate the server properly.
on Best Providers for hosting a Lemmy Instance? · c/selfhosted · 7 pts · 3yIf you are a student you can get DigitalOcean free $200 and Azure free $100 through GitHub student dev pack.
Well in theory yes but no federation.
Yes if you are in a country that actually cares about you torrenting stuff (ex: USA). Generally a simple WireGuard instance will do the job very well.
Why would you not want to run it in docker compose?
Yeah it would work, but home internet bandwidth is the bigger concern here. I don't unfortunately can't estimate a user count.
Home servers are the best, but I have very slow upload and there are security risks with this if you don't isolate the server properly.
If you are a student you can get DigitalOcean free $200 and Azure free $100 through GitHub student dev pack.