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1. Grow Your Own Services (homegrown@social.growyourown.services)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-2022 00:06:43 UTC Grow Your Own Services

   Hello world! 👋

   This is the first toot by Grow Your Own Services, a small website that encourages ordinary people to make their own internet.

   It's a totally new site so feedback is welcome! (It would be nice to expand the lists of suggested hosting companies, for example.)

   #Introduction #Introductions #NewHere

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   • FiXato (fixato@toot.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-2022 00:05:10 UTC FiXato

     in reply to

     @homegrown #owncast (https://owncast.online), a sort of Twitch #livestreaming alternative, might be a nice one to add. :)

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   • Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-2022 13:50:03 UTC Kermode

     in reply to

     @homegrown Absolutely.
     And the fact that µsoft and apple have been putting simple choices behind scary 'Advanced' and 'Experts Only' warnings for decades means people are afraid of anything but clicking 'OK' - which they should be more concerned about.
     Yunohost is brilliant at accomplishing your goal for people.

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   • Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-2022 13:50:28 UTC Kermode

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     @homegrown
     It's not a matter of needing it myself, but of understanding it and promoting it to others.
     I keep lists of such things to help out others here on masto as things pop up from time to time in threads.

   • Grow Your Own Services (homegrown@social.growyourown.services)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-2022 13:50:28 UTC Grow Your Own Services

     in reply to

     • Kermode

     @gemlog

     Sure, I just mean this account tries to tell others specifically about managed hosting, where there's no need for knowledge about installation or upgrades etc.

     I think not many people realise they can own their own instance without having to personally install software.

   • Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-2022 13:50:33 UTC Kermode

     in reply to

     @homegrown
     Hi. I didn't see a list of only hosting, but just add-on suggestions after some services?
     Anyhow, the cheapest vps at contabo.com/en/vps/ * has now gone up to €5/mo, but that's still decent for what you get. Add in e.g. yunohost and you're done (b/c yuno will provide a free domain name too)
     I've used contabo and their included dns zone mngmnt for a bunch of years. I do know of a cheaper provider in italy, but... I can't recommend it.
     If anyone knows of something comparable to contabo in the uk, I'm all ears.
     * I intentionally broke it as a link, so as not to outright advertise for them

   • Grow Your Own Services (homegrown@social.growyourown.services)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-2022 13:50:33 UTC Grow Your Own Services

     in reply to

     • Kermode

     @gemlog

     I'm generally just posting about managed hosting services rather than hosting in general.

     If you are skilled enough to install server software yourself, you probably don't need a site like mine 😃