Hope it helps. There are whole categories of self hosted software I hadn't thought of before. Maybe I should try some of them! 😁
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Yeah, those data questions are really loaded. I don't host for privacy or what not. It's because of a learning objective, to study, experiment, and run automated stock trading algorithms. I don't exactly have anything to hide from private companies.
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Done. Hope it helps.
Thanks, really appreciate it!
Ad a German, I was confused by the second education question and what I should fill out.
(mapping Grundschule / Hauptschule / Realschule / Gymnasium / Studium)
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Done, good luck!
Thank you so much, really appreciate it!
Done! Happy to help!
Done
Thanks, much appreciated!
Using self-hosting services enables me to accomplish tasks more quickly.
As opposed to what? Using a cloud SaaS alternative, or not having that service at all?
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Done. Good luck.
Thanks so much – really appreciate it! :)
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I am in finance/accounting/consulting and I run one self hosted small server at home to manage my home machines remotely and use it with combo of proton to do most things.
While I am in the process of de-googleing I haven't self hosted photo or email yet as proton has been working okay for the time being. One step at a time I guess for me... I am not in IT so it requires time for me to read up on things and set them up (rtfm indeed)....(yes we all know what proton CEO said.... )...let's see how it pans out.and this has been quite a journey for me. I am still having issues with family and friends not wanting to use jitsi (that I am using for calls or contact me on signal). I have basically thrown WhatsApp and anything I don't care about within beeper under a work profile (android) I.e. in a sandbox / appimage (laptop).
Personally if next cloud allowed self hosting with self email hosting (whatever the technical terminology is) that would have been (chef's kiss) muah....I would have jumped on it first hand...
Sorry I am not in IT so my jargon usage might be sub par.
Thanks, much appreciated!
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Good luck on your thesis!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the support! :)