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Is there room for Windows selfhosters? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm a Windows guy since forever and I recently got into selfhosting. So far its a blast! Are posts about that welcome here?

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
ESXi	VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access

6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 3 acronyms.

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[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

My host OS is Windows Server 2022 because I Prefer it, HyperV works, Windows Backup works, and the drivers work. I then run a Linux VM for Docker and a few other VM's for silly things. If I break a VM I can have it restored in a few clicks. I tried to use Proxmox as the host OS but it would kill itself every 6 months. It was a good learning experience but it would take a Lot of convincing to try it again.

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[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Windows hacking is just as fun as anything else, sometimes it's even more rewarding just because you made it work on windows! My favorite is replacing the windows shell... Haven't done that since 7 though :(

[–] richardwonka@slrpnk.net -2 points 2 months ago

That’s just silly.

Self hosting is all about Digital Autonomy; that’s just not possible with a windows OS.

Apart from that it would just make your life harder, as the vast majority of documentation and tutorials and helper scripts are based on some linux like OS.

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