cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24823173

Hi folks, looking for a bit of steer to get off the ground with self hosting. My goals to start with are pretty straight forward:

  • I want to set up Home Assistant to move my smart devices off the cloud and fully contained within the walls of my home.
  • I want to set up my own little Pixelfed server for my family’s use, along with some other federated socials.

From what I was looking at, I think my easiest route to doing both of these things is with a Home Assistant Yellow (built-in Zigbee and Thread system) with a Raspberry Pi 4.

I’ve never done anything like this before but I’m interested in learning. If anyone more experienced has any insight or direction, I’d really appreciate it! Cheers!

  • Shadow@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    This. Go pick up something like a used Lenovo Tiny. You’ll get way more power and flexibility

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      14 days ago

      Thank you both, got similar advice on the original post on going more mini pc route! Can’t say I’ve done much research on them, but will certainly take a look using the Lenovo Tiny as a bench!

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        14 days ago

        I use optiplexes because you can change out internals. Also cheap’

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            14 days ago

            I think mine run 20-40 dollars in electricity a year. I run maybe 20 containers on them.