I’ve tried to figure some of this stuff out but I really don’t know what I’m doing. Most documentation is written with a vocabulary I don’t understand. Tutorials assume a high-level understanding of coding, software, CLI and a bunch of other stuff.

So far I’ve got an old gaming PC with a R7 2700x + 2060 Super and I think maybe it’s overkill. I’ve got TrueNAS running on it but that’s about as far as I got…

Thinking maybe we can have an open Jitsi meeting and just anyone who needs help can get it (myself included 🙂)?

Would anyone be interested in something like that?

E: some people have imagined up some things that I said so let me be clear about what I did not say:

At no time did I insist, beg, or demand that anyone help me.

I did NOT ask anyone to help with a specific issue, nor should I be required to.

I asked if anyone would be willing to help myself and possibly others to get some services running, and I asked to do it in a videoconference setting where we can have a discussion and where you can see what I’m doing as I’m doing it, out of respect for both of our time.

If you are not interested, you do not need to come in here and announce it, and you sure as shit do not need to speak for anyone else on whether they will want to. Just keep scrolling.

E2: special thanks to those who actually reached out and offered to help!

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    -6•1 year ago

    You didn’t.

    I don’t know what to tell you. It’s in the OP. Literally everything you need to know is in the OP.

    You very specifically asked for someone to commit to helping you personally with nonspecific issues

    Yes, that’s correct. Because I don’t have a specific issue.

    CriticalMass is telling you that is a bad way of obtaining help for a problem anywhere except in school and a job classroom.

    I disagree. Seems like a great way to get help to me.

    We love sharing a good tutorial for getting a new user started with a specific software.

    And I clearly explained why those tutorials are not helpful. Wanna take a guess where? It’s in the OP.

    You just don’t like the answers you’re getting.

    Because they’re not the “answers” I asked for.

    You’re also getting mad when people tell you that what you’re after is not what this discussion forum is for.

    I’m getting agitated because people are being dicks just for asking a question. Who made you the arbiter of the intention of this forum?

    If you don’t want to help, just shut the fuck up, and move the fuck on. Not that hard.