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Stupid question, but are there free VPS/VM instances for a jobless girl who wants to run her own instance? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 months ago by atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have no job, so the gift cards I have are prepaid and only have a few dollars on them. I should get a job soon, but in the meantime, I want to run my own Lemmy instance. I know this is probably a stupid question, but is there a way to do so? If I run it on just my computer, it'll shut down when my computer turns off, and there is an old computer my parents have but they won't let me use it because they don't wanna buy a new charger (The charger cord is broken)

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not quite the same thing, but maybe run a Hollos instance instead? Yet to test, but supposedly it runs on your phone by what they market.

Also seen two other minimalist projects implementing ActivityPub. Let me see if I can find them.

[–] atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd love that!

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Checking here, Hollos still needs a site to use as relay, similar to Bluesky, so I'm guessing you'd need to either host the site on your machine, or to use a VPS. I need to study and test it further though.

Anyways, here's the links:

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone two things:

First, it needs an initial investment, but maybe buy a Raspberry Pi or some other single-board computer to put your site/sites on?

Second, in a post asking about self-hosting that I made, someone suggested the site https://linuxupskillchallenge.org/, and reading its "what is it about" page, I see the text from the attached image. Perhaps worth investigating.

[–] atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Thanks! Perfect, I'll check it out