Congratulations, @_elena! You now have a hobby, where you can talk about your hobby, using your hobby.

Usually, that's what's being said about us #Esperanto speakers. If you want to pick that up, too, try https://lernu.net

@_elena
Che saremo noi senza di #Linux! 😊

@_elena Hmm. I just started with paperless-ngx on my Raspberry...
seems like a slippery slope :-)

@_elena
Me in 2004

Gosh my Windows got an evil virus

Bought a computer magazin with a knoppix live system to clean my windows.

Since then I had always parallel win and Linux, but Win always unused 😁

Still I am more like an experienced enduser and not nerdy enough to dive in deeper into the rabbit hole.

@_elena Life comes at you fast! 😎

@_elena This is a textbook case of instance-sanity

@_elena I hope you regularly backup that Raspi...

@_elena Hey keep 'em

@_elena that's amazing! Can I ask for advice on how you got so far so quick? I'm also looking to start self hosting but despite numerous YouTube videos I'm still very much unsure how to get started.

@_elena

I am incapable of incrementing the likes off of 337...

@_elena It sounds like you've caught the Linux bug! Hosting your own services like GoToSocial, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and NextCloud is a significant undertaking, but it can be incredibly rewarding. YunoHost is a great tool to simplify the process.

@_elena THE most meaningful addiction anyone can have! 🥰 I’ll send you help in form of a box of Gummibears anytime. 😋

@_elena Showed off my fancy new desktop to one of my friends who is in the apple walled garden. They were utterly confused on what the heck I was talking about.

That's when I knew I was in deep.

@_elena 🤗

@_elena I think you found the right support group here 😉

@_elena

Resistance was futile. You have been assimilated. 🐧

@_elena
I don't think you'll find much help on Linux addiction from the Fediverse 😜

@_elena <3

@_elena So you're in phase 2. Cool 🙂

@_elena Awesome....doesn't sound like you need any help...sounds like you're right where you wanna be :)

@_elena That was fast! Tremendous accomplishments all

@_elena

Have you tried any of the BSD by any chance?

Also, and I have to ask that question: vim or emacs?

(Not helping, I know... I'll let myself out now...) 😂

@_elena

Oh no! Instead of sending help, I've accidentally been sending encouragement!

I guess it's too late to change that now 😆

@_elena this is the way

@_elena Here is help: Dig deeper! Leave yunohost behind and host stuff bare metal. Learn virtualization and containers, learn programming ecosystems. There is so much to explore. Have fun! :-)

@_elena The Fediverse is a gateway drug.

@_elena October 2026 you'll have a rackful of servers and respond to any suggestion to go anywhere with Gollum-esque muttering about uptime.

@_elena a few month i installer Linux on my main laptop and now I'm setting up a few servers to refresh my Nas and self host a bunch of services and app while flashing the os of my routeur 🤦‍♀️

@_elena@mastodon.social Welcome to the hobby where you build networks and services

@_elena by "help" you mean sugestions of more things to try right? like https://ubuntustudio.org/

@_elena sending help from my cat......... Host more :)

@dietitianeli it’s truly THE BEST

@_elena thanks so much, I've not come across yunohost before so this looks like much more beginner friendly. Thank you 🫶

@_elena Better never travel to Bonn, the former German capital. The BO in Haribo stands for Bonn, and they have a company outlet right next to the university. After 20 years of absence from Germany, I didn’t recognise more than half of their selection. I would have loooved to move in there with a sleeper sofa and work my way through the selection. In other words: The sweetest addiction I can think of or personally relate to. 😮‍💨😋😂