If you look up “Dr. Frankenstein Discord” you’ll find the community that helped me get familiar with Docker. As in, several people held my hands for about 2 weeks non-stop. I can’t tell you enough how much I love that group. But containers aren’t the only way to go.

I hear people talking about Proxmox a lot, and it seems (as far as I can tell) to be one of the easiest platforms for hosting many services one a machine. Next computer I set up, I’ll be going that route.

Regardless of how you do it, the knowledge base and skills mostly transfer like a Venn diagram. The most important pieces to get started are hardware and patience. Everything else can be solved with online teamwork

If you wanna get really tin-foiled about it, Planet X and a dead star beyond the belt

I saved the post because I’ve always been interested in aggregating a RSS feed, but I need ideas for what to subscribe to. Thanks for making the post

I was just looking into this yesterday. I’d love to hear if it’s worth the hassle. People seem to be 50/50 on its long-term usefulness, “just use _____!”

I’m an idiot so it took me about 3 frustrating years to get all the docker containers working. Worth it every day

After making the jump, you’re totally right

No joke, I was talking about this recently. I feel like niche groups (me included) are just going full-circle back to the DS days

Seconded, I’m an idiot with networking, but this has worked for me

I mean…VM, run Tor as a container within the VM, and don’t change any default settings. Amiright guys?

You can even run the browser in a docker container if you’re extremely paranoid (I’m on the verge)

I’d recommend something like a split tunnel then. And I’m only saying that because I’m not well-versed in networking like this, especially when containers are involved.

But I do have containers routing their traffic through a VPN via gluetun, and it’s worked flawlessly.

I think I’m missing something…why bother with SOCKS5 if you’re using a gluetun container? I’ve never done what you’re trying to do, but I’d assume gluten by itself is the solution

Today, I own 3 CRTs and they don’t make my eyes burn

Nope! I could watch one all day, no clue why

Modern displays make my eyes hurt

I’d like to know too. I’ve never used my TV as a traditional TV, and I hate the “smart” features. Ideally, I’d like a modern 16:9 CRT under 80lbs, but they don’t exist

Have you tried Simplewall? Similar situation, but I’m a Mullvad user, and I haven’t had any issues

Had no idea that existed, I wonder what the security is like

The biggest downside, as I understand it, is that it’s difficult to convince others to use your tailnet

Ideally you have backups of backups, right? Like putting an SD card in your phone, or a second HDD in your computer. Then the “cloud” part…my recommendation, considering you asked for simplest, is a NAS. Get a user-friendly one with built in apps that can do what you’re asking, and you shouldn’t have issues