I’ve tried to figure some of this stuff out but I really don’t know what I’m doing. Most documentation is written with a vocabulary I don’t understand. Tutorials assume a high-level understanding of coding, software, CLI and a bunch of other stuff.

So far I’ve got an old gaming PC with a R7 2700x + 2060 Super and I think maybe it’s overkill. I’ve got TrueNAS running on it but that’s about as far as I got…

Thinking maybe we can have an open Jitsi meeting and just anyone who needs help can get it (myself included 🙂)?

Would anyone be interested in something like that?

E: some people have imagined up some things that I said so let me be clear about what I did not say:

At no time did I insist, beg, or demand that anyone help me.

I did NOT ask anyone to help with a specific issue, nor should I be required to.

I asked if anyone would be willing to help myself and possibly others to get some services running, and I asked to do it in a videoconference setting where we can have a discussion and where you can see what I’m doing as I’m doing it, out of respect for both of our time.

If you are not interested, you do not need to come in here and announce it, and you sure as shit do not need to speak for anyone else on whether they will want to. Just keep scrolling.

E2: special thanks to those who actually reached out and offered to help!

  • helenslunchOPEnglish
    38·
    8 months ago

    I can Google things for hours and it’s just this rabbit hole of shit I can’t make any sense of.

    It is freaking expensive and few people will want to do it for free.

    I understand that. I thought maybe there would be someone wanting to help others get started but I totally understand if they don’t, also. I just hear so many people talk about how easy it is.

    • biddyEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      If you’re confused about a specific term, ask about that specific term, and you’ll get many people eager to help. Sorry nobody wants to get on an open ended video call with a stranger to teach you how to run a server, but that’s just how these forums work. Everyone’s setup is different so there’s not much I could do to help in your video call.

      Learning this stuff is hard, don’t let anyone tell you any different. We all went through the same struggles, perhaps for some people that was so long ago that they forgot how hard it was.

      • helenslunchOPEnglish
        25·
        8 months ago

        If you’re confused about a specific term, ask about that specific term

        And we would end up going back and forth for hours instead of just figuring it out in a matter of minutes on a voice chat.

        Sorry nobody wants to get on an open ended video call

        Speak for yourself. Others have already volunteered. If you don’t want to join, feel free to keep scrolling.

        perhaps for some people that was so long ago that they forgot how hard it was.

        Seems to be a common thing with tech people.

    • astraeus@programming.devEnglish
      51·
      8 months ago

      If you can’t make any sense of it, keep trying. If keep trying isn’t what you want to do, don’t do it. Really, you don’t have to force yourself into this if it’s unintelligible and frustrating. I’ve hit the wall plenty of times, and I keep hitting the wall, sometimes I wish I could just stop while I’m not stressed and going bald.

      • helenslunchOPEnglish
        22·
        8 months ago

        I do want to keep doing it. I just want to do it in a way that is efficient instead of scowering the web for more information I can’t understand.