Recent models run surprisignly well on CPUs if you have sufficient regular RAM. You can also use a low VRAM GPU and offload parts to the CPU. If you are just starting out and want to play around I would try that first. 64gb system RAM is a good amount for that.

There have been such attempts, like Nextbox for example. But afaik they have been all commercial failures, IMHO because basically anyone that cares enough about this stuff can build their own for a much lower price, and those that don’t…

https://github.com/YoRyan/mailrise

Is something you might be interested in.

With libvirt it is fairly easy yes. And you can also install a standalone web-gui like Cockpit or use the desktop app virt-manager over ssh to do it.

Proxmox adds a lot of complexity and a nice GUI. If you are fine with using the terminal, there is really not much benefit from Proxmox and the potential issues from the added complexity are IMHO not worth it. I am not a Proxmox expert though, so take this advise with a grain of salt 😅

The federation is mainly about issues / bug reports (the discussions and comments) and being able to make cross instance pull-requests and so on. So yes, it is mostly about communication.

We are talking about price relative to performace, not performance in general.

But the cost of the hardware is anyways not so relevant when the price difference of the software easily makes up the difference.

You still easily can with second hand components.

That period repeats every 3-5 years approximatly towards the end of a generation but before the new generation is announced.

Usually companies accept that you remove storage mediums before sending it in, as those might contain private data. And if that is ok, then there is no way for them to know that you installed Linux on those.

Hmm, good question. I don’t have a setup for that either, but I don’t think there is a built in function for that.

Your best bet is probably to find some tool that notifies you if new files get created in a directory, as AFAIK new snapshots are only created if they were successfully transferred.

Nextcloud is overkill for what you want.

If all you need is a shared calendar and a simple way to upload images, then this is a good option: https://github.com/tchapi/davis

Wifi is often a module in older laptops, and you could unplug that.

Otherwise, 10W is quite good for older hardware, I doubt you will get much below that.

Nice work. But the phone should be able to host quite a bit more, as it is actually quite fast.

Debian is fine and you can follow many tutorials (Ubuntu tutorials also usually work as the difference isn’t big).

Not sure if that is still in their FAQ, but the Stoat devs previously said that they don’t want federation, and if that ever changes they would likely prefer XMPP over Matrix.

You mean the multiple millions of VC money and crypto investments? Absolutely.

The Matrix foundation also would have plenty of money if it wasn’t just a front for Element and most funds being siphoned off to pay for services provided by Element.

I wonder who made the legal threats. I suspect it was Element (Matrix), as they are the only ones with a possible to confuse trademark in the same business sector (“Riot” the old name of their webclient).

@[email protected] already has an XMPP account, as that is included in every slrpnk.net account automatically. It is very easy to set that up for most Fediverse software, and the user id is identical between Fediverse and XMPP.

Not automatically, but you can configure it to mirror certain video channels or individual videos. But I have not looked into that too much yet.

As for storage: a typical video you would find on such a platform with the different stored video resolutions and so on will take between 0.5 and 3 GB… depending on the length and how well it compresses.