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It's Hard to Stay Motivated (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I got Jellyfin up and running, it's 10/10. I love this thing, and it reinvigorated my love for watching movies. So I decided to tackle all the other services I wanted, starting with Paperless-ngx...

What a nightmare. It doesn't have a Windows install so I made an Ubuntu VM. Don't get me started on Ubuntu. I just spent about 12hrs trying to get Portainer to cooperate and had to give up. I tried just installing Paperless the "normal way" and had to give up on that too.

My point: if you're getting started selfhosting you have to embrace and accept the self-inflicted punishment. Good luck everybody, I don't know if I can keep choosing to get disappointed.

Edit: good news! Almost everything I wanted to do is covered by Jellyfin which can be done in Windows.

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[–] ancoraunamoka@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My point: if you’re getting started selfhosting you have to embrace and accept the self-inflicted punishment. Good luck everybody, I don’t know if I can keep choosing to get disappointed.

I would say that your self inflicted punishment is using windows. Switch to debian and thank me in six months

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I respect your opinion, but I'll pass

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well then maybe you should also pass on making generalizations about selfhosting?

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What generalization? You mean the widely accepted pain that comes from it?

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s a lot more painful if you don’t know what you’re doing and disregard good advice.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 5 points 1 year ago

To put it another way, you're having difficulty staying motivated to ride your bicycle with square wheels.

"You should try using round wheels."

"No."

Have you considered Docker?