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!

    • stown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      It seems like you have a learning preference for conversational information transfer. Maybe try finding a discord group where people regularly talk about this kind of thing. People on Internet forums tend to prefer written documentation and value search engine prowess.

      • helenslunchOPEnglish
        13·
        8 months ago

        Written documentation that I can make sense of is fine. Documentation that’s written with a bunch of industry jargon and acronyms, not so much.

        • stown@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          So, most of us aren’t in the industry yet we managed to learn the jargon we needed to learn in order to do what we wanted to do. I don’t understand why you are adamant about others helping you when you don’t really seem to care enough to learn some words and their meanings.

          • helenslunchOPEnglish
            14·
            8 months ago

            What did I say that gave you the impression that I was “adamant” about this?

            Maybe you struggled and spent hours trying to research all of this. That’s something I’d like to avoid. I’d like to make better use of my time.

            I don’t know about you but I enjoy helping others learn. I volunteer my time to help people fix their vehicles all the time. I don’t just tell them “Google it and figure it out”. I walk them through it and try to explain it in terms they can understand, and help them learn more in the process. I don’t understand why this frustrates so many people.

            Several other people have already volunteered so you can just go away now, thanks.