EDIT: You don’t have to answer for my specific purposes, if you use a database for any purpose yourself then please share and tell what and why.

I’m not planning to host any fediverse or mastodon instances just yet, but maybe a private email server and porting a discord channel to matrix might be in my future.

What do you use and why? Is it limited to a specific OS, and if you were on a different OS then what would you be using instead? Do you think server hardware is required for most operability or can a good desktop computer and internet speed suffice as long as downtime isn’t a problem?

  • Björn Tantau
    5•8 months ago

    To make a bad car analogy, your question reads like this:

    What steering wheel do you recommend?

    I’m not planning to drive a Formula 1 car yet, but maybe a dirtbike and a superbike might be in my future.

    What do you use and why? Is it limited to a specific fuel and if you were on a different fuel what would you be using instead? Do you think a truck motor is required or can a good engine and road suffice?

    Please don’t try to run a service that is accessible from the internet. It would probably be taken over by hackers very quickly and be used to distribute spam or worse.

    • @[email protected]OP
      -2•8 months ago

      Okay but TBF if a person were going to use some motorbikes and a Formula 1 car in the near future then they would certainly benefit from knowing the different fuel types as well as general maintenance/operation. Complexity of topic is no excuse to shun questioning.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•8 months ago

        You may have missed the point of the example. It asks about steering wheels, and immediately transitions to vehicles that don’t have steering wheels.

        • @[email protected]OP
          0•8 months ago

          Are you implying that databases don’t exist for private email and hosting a matrix channel? Because if so then you’re just blatantly wrong.