@kara@occult.camp It's... a mixed bag. I've been running a linux server for home hosting off and on for something like sixteen years now -- I started an IRC server when a channel I frequented lost Undernet registration in 2001 -- and so it's second nature to me to do it, but it's definitely not the path I'd recommend for anybody new. That said, my years of DIY have left me deeply distrustful of "professional hosting solutions" and their arbitrary lockdown restrictions.

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