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The answer also depends on your level of experience and how much you want to learn doing this. You mentioned you haven’t done this before, but are you otherwise comfortable using computers and figuring things out? Are you familiar with Linux and/or the command line? In addition, are you hoping to tinker around and learn a lot from this, or are you more concerned with just setting it up so you can use it?
There are options for all levels of expertise and technical interest, but I recommend starting with any hardware you already have or can aquire for cheap/free (especially if you’re hoping to tinker and learn more). As another commenter suggested, finding an old desktop or laptop and putting a NAS operating system on it would be a great starting project. Then once you play around with it, you’ll know if/where you want to spend some cash on something better. If you don’t have old PCs laying around, check on whatever you use for local buy & sell listings, you can probably pick up something for pretty cheap.
If you’re mostly looking to play around and you don’t have any extra hardware, you can also try things out in a virtual machine (download VirtualBox), which will let you learn without any monetary investment.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•In America, crisp is used to describe natural food that is very fresh or a nice, cold morning. But crispy is used to describe food that is cooked so long it's become crunchy.5·3 days agoIt’s called a crisp because it’s crispy (at least to my knowledge).
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Selfhosted@lemmy.world•What are the minimum or recommended requirements for a personal home server?English3·3 days agoI’m using my old desktop from 2010. There’s no such thing as a server that can “do it all”, but any computer from the last 10 years would probably be a fine place to start. The more you do, the more likely you’ll be to hit some sort of performance limit, and by that time you’ll know more about what you actually want.
In short, find old cheap/free hardware and start playing around.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•In America, crisp is used to describe natural food that is very fresh or a nice, cold morning. But crispy is used to describe food that is cooked so long it's become crunchy.9·3 days agoIt’s almost like multiple types of food can have a brittle texture…
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•In America, crisp is used to describe natural food that is very fresh or a nice, cold morning. But crispy is used to describe food that is cooked so long it's become crunchy.9·3 days agoAs opposed to the UK, where a crisp is a chip and a chip is a fry.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•In Graduation Speech, NYU Student Condemns U.S.-backed Israeli War in Gaza44·4 days agoThis is one of the rare occasions I would recommend putting “diploma withheld” on your resume.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?2·4 days agoChaotic stupid: bread is stapled to various trees
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?21·5 days agoIt’s chaotic in that it doesn’t ascribe to needing the provided mechanism for closure. It also is not as great if you need to move it around, as it can come untucked easily.
That being said, twist and tuck is definitely Chaotic Good. The bottle hack belongs on the evil row.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?8·5 days agoI feel like this alignment chart doesn’t consider how evil you could get. Leaving the bag open seems pretty tame for CE. I suggest the following:
- Lawful Good: bread box w/ the bag
- Neutral Good: bag clip
- Chaotic Good: twist and tuck
- Lawful Neutral: bread box w/o the bag
- True Neutral: original bread clip
- Chaotic Neutral: twist or tuck, not both
- Lawful Evil: bag is tied shut
- Neutral Evil: bag is left open
- Chaotic Evil: bag is torn open in the middle
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?8·5 days agoAlso worth noting: a bread box generally isn’t sealed that well, I would still recommend keeping the bread in a bag (depending on what type it is and how quickly you plan to eat it).
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•This community when it finds out the beans aren't ready yet2·6 days agoI came here to eat jeans and wear beans
and I’m all out of jeans
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Tea ☕ is leaf juice. While, coffee ☕ is bean juice.7·6 days agoThe two most popular flavors of ice cream are both bean flavored.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•"Stick," as a tool, is basically the Finglonger131·10 days agoAh, but consider the following scenario: you’re returning from the grocery store with a bag of bachelor chow and a twelve pack of Low Brau, and you need to press the elevator button. With the stick, you’d need to set one of them down first. The Finglonger, on the other hand, has no such drawback.
If you feel most familiar with Debian, I recommend looking at Mint. It has great compatibility and is otherwise easy to use, and it handles GPUs well (including Nvidia). In terms of hardware, I’ll agree with the others here–used is the way to go, you’ll get a lot more for your money than buying new.
That being said, you can also look for clearance and/or refurbished PCs. This one would probably be powerful enough.
Strong 7 over here