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How hard is self hosting for someone who is a completely Linux noob? I have an extra PC that I'd love to use for it, but I have no idea how to start. Searching the web seems to only return guides for people who are used to using CLI on Linux already, which I'm not used to.
Realistically, it will need to be a new hobby. You need to get into it and be confident that backups, etc., are well done. Especially for sensitive stuff like passwords and pictures.
'Simply' following an online guide blindly basically guarantees you will lose your passwords at some point to a crash or something.
Understood, but where is the starting point for a noob?
Check the lemmy selfhosted community (or shudder its Reddit equivalent) to get some feeling for the community.
This is a good list. The reality is that at the end of the day, you have a really important question to answer: Do I want access to this outside of my home network?
If you don't, this can all be pretty easy; if you do, it gets significantly more complicated for most solutions.
Keeping it internal, it can be very simple: get Docker, fire up some containers of software you like, make sure you have your ports mapped properly and you're off to the races. You'll want to set up a system to make sure you're at least aware if new versions of your software are released so you can upgrade, and that you have a backup system in place for your data.
I have a few things I now run on my home network, including: