What if you could buy off the shelf a box based on #opensource software and hardware that you could plug into your internet connection. You could connect to via Wifi and it would allow an average person to fairly easily configure, via a guided setup, a self hosted Cloud Drive, Social Media server, home automation service, VPN end point, email server and other commonly useful software?
What if that box allowed that person’s friends to authenticate and to that box and link a box they own, either close by or remotely. It could extend connectivity and estabilish a chain of trus, provide a level of encrypted backup of content from that box and make assertions about the users on that box such as - This user account is owned by this person, this user account is over 18?
This is a dream. I know I’m rambling. #openwrt, #yunohost, #seflhost, #chainoftrust, #fediverse
I currently use proxmox with the community scripts. I can’t afford the paid license but it’s working well enough, and as long as what you want is in the community scripts or you know how to use docker (compose for me makes it so simple) it’s really easy IMO, but I’m also willing to tinker. Its not the most user friendly thing as it expects you to be a poweruser.