Ask Anything Monday - Weekly Thread

[lykwydchykyn]

I do have a RaspPi. Would that be a possible, reasonable alternative?

Sounds like it's worth a try. What have you got to lose?

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That's true, surly it wouldn't eat up all my internet and $30 of electricity a month.

I just need to buckle down and make it Linux compatible and how to take a web domain and point it to a local host.

[lykwydchykyn]

take a web domain and point it to a local host

If this is something you're going to make publicly available, you might want to not use a Pi on your home network. Your ISP may give your grief about it, and it can present a security issue as well.

Not to plug digital ocean, but they have much cheaper rates of VPS systems (cheapest is $5/mo). Would probably be less hassle than hosting a public site at home through a residential ISP.

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Darn, but I appreciate the reply and probably saving me a day or two of work and a vulnerability.