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- I have a seven year old nephew who I would like to find some computing activities that we could do together. Any ideas?

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[–] ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hi how hard is it for a complete beginner to setup a nonfederated synapse server at hardware at home? I am looking for a FOSS solution for a selfhosted messenger for family and friends to stay away from the corporations and governments and people recommend mostly either xmpp or matrix but the guides seem too complicated( Can you share the guide(s) that you've followed?

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I recommend to read a tutorial of docker and docker compose. Then the setup of stuff like synapse is a few minutes task. (Non-federation is a simple option in the config file).

[–] ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

After watching Luke Smith I've got an impression that docker and containerization is not a way to go, but maybe would be good for a start

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Ah, and with a non-federation setup you can skip all the more finicky parts of the installation (DNS, .well-known, bla bla) or just a simple server that needs to be reachable by the client.

@ewigkaiwelo @Tolookah Yunohost has an integrated xmpp server I think