It's Hard to Stay Motivated (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 29 points 11 months ago

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 0 points 11 months ago

I respect your opinion, but I'll pass

[-] traches@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

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

[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 8 points 11 months 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?

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