Futo (Louis Rossman) at it again with great content, this time a Guide to a Self Managed life. This 14hrs long guide comes in two video parts, aswell as a written guide for those who prefer. Both video and written quide comes with complete chapters and timestamps. This should be a great starting point for those who have the time and want to start learning from the very beginning.
Video Link to Part 1: Youtube - Invidious
Video Link to Part 2: Youtube - Invidious
Happy selfhosting in 2025 everyone ✨
@Sunny@slrpnk.net There is absolutely no way any starter will see that page and not be intimidated. I am a well seasoned selfhoster and even I saw that and went “Wow that’s a lotta words and images on a single page.”
Even arch wiki has sensible ToC with pages divided into what the current topic is.
That’s a possibility indeed, but at least he documented all the steps, it’s great to see that because it looks like a lot of work. But I agree at the first that big long page for sure can be intimidated (CTRL+F is your best friend here).
I think solely focusing on usability for “power-users” single page makes sense. Nevertheless, I think web design seems to prefer many pages though I don’t know if that’s driven by user-friendliness or driving up the “click-through” rate.
It’s so easy to self host! Just watch 14 hours of a talking head!
Fan of FUTO, but can’t recommend this to most people thinking of starting. Needs to be less “scary”.
Agree! It can only act as a reference. I like the approach taken by distributions like Yunohost where all the details are abstracted away.
Agreed, that should be many tens of pages not one. Also the mobile layout isn’t very good. I think it’s important to remember that normies use their phones for almost everything.
actually yeah, fair point. I think perhaps the videoes are probably what they aim to be more beginner friendly rather than the written one.
Yeah, beginners are probably better served with Yunohost.