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What nerd terms should one know while on lemmy?
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this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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Docker: it’s a container used as a sort of sandbox environment for running various tools
Federated: uses the activitypub protocol
Self host: Don’t use services in the cloud. Build your own
Fork: Derived from existing project (or process)
Container: Sandboxed part of your OS
Instance: There are multiple definitions but the one probably most relevant to you is a node of a federated network
Flatpak: No idea. I think this is Ubuntu’s containerized deliverable
Tailscale: I think this is a reverse proxy?
Distro: A flavor of Linux
Wayland: Succesor to X11. Gives you graphics on Linux
Nginx: Web server software. Alternative to Apache
Flatpaks: NOT Ubuntu's containerized deliverable. They use snaps. Flatpaks are more Fedora's thing. I know Mint uses flatpaks, and Silver blue relies heavily on them. Snaps v Flatpaks are like Coke v Pepsi. It's all just sugar water, but people care, for reasons.
You can also just gentoo and compile from source instead of remembering which distro uses which package lol