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If you don't have a source then you're about as scientific as a TN politician (apparently)
laughs nervously in NixOS
This is a bit of a Pokemon starter question. Just pick one and see where it takes you! They do roughly the same job, especially now that docker has a rootless mode. At the end of the day you're learning a new technology and that's a positive thing.
My process for project identification has been:
- Be annoyed at ads/payment structure/whatever in some app or service
- Search https://alternativeto.net/ for alternatives to the thing I'm annoyed with (filtering by Open Source and my devices)
- Try out 1-2 of the top alternatives
- Settle on what service I want to run
- Install, route the subdomain, etc. if necessary (otherwise just access via my tailnet)
As for how to deploy, docker / podman are great! With podman I'd recommend looking into their systemd integrations too. Incus is a neat LXC option too, meant more for longer term services (less micro service focused, good and bad).
Hope this helps!
Sure, buy an inverter and burn up 10% of your energy in the conversion if you're lucky. That inverter will cost roughly as much as the contents of a standard fridge + freezer, by the way :)
At that point just buy a well insulated cooler and always have some ice on hand. It'll last much longer.