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What self hosting feels like (It's painful, please help 🥲) (feddit.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Linux on the desktop almost never needs CLI interaction though. Maybe you'll need to copy/paste a command from the internet to fix some sketchy hardware, but almost everything works OOTB these days.

However, self-hosting isn't a desktop Linux thing, it's a server Linux thing. You can host it on your desktop, but as soon as you do anything remotely server-related, CLI familiarity is pretty much essential.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That depends on your use case for desktop linux of course. For me, yabridge is the tool I needed to run VSTs on Linux. Its CLI only as far as I know.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not afraid of the CLI. Its just some tools are assuming the end user is a server admin or someone with deeper than the upper crust knowledge of how Linux works.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

yabridge

Ah, that's a pretty niche use-case. But yeah, the deeper you go, the more you'll have to rely on the CLI.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I always update via CLI 'cause most GUI tools are slow and buggy, so...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I do too, but the GUI tools do work.