Yes, but I’d still prefer not to have to spend the like ~2h reinstalling and replacing my files.

That said this seems like a pretty low stakes trial which is why I’m looking at it first. Worst case a reboot (or recovery through live booting) should fix most issues, I think, if I understand correctly. I don’t plan to autostart the docker container so if it fucks my system up a reboot should put me back to normal if starting it breaks my sys right?

I do have some old laptops and an unopened router waiting for me to figure out openWRT. I could install some linux OS (deb?) on one of those and use that for docker, get off my ass and install openWRT on the router, and then use that to connect both devices (and I’d have to figure out which to hotspot but that is easy), if that’d be significantly safer for my daily driver. Then I’d have to figure out how to point my browser to that too though.

Thank you! I’ll check out the docker docs before I try spinning this up as my first trial run!

Same here lol, I will for sure!

Awesome, thank you for the help/info! This seems like a good first step, I’ll try it out!

Awesome thanks for all the help and info, I’ll definitely check it out! I think this will be a nice step to help teach me these concepts and get me to the other projects!

So I have an interest in self hosting things in the future (nextcloud, chatmail), but for now I’m scared of opening my network to attacks, and also I don’t have a network right now I just hotspot from my phone when needed and torrent things at my friend’s house.

That said how would I go about using this? I’m guessing something to do with docker or porteus (maybe? The other one that wasn’t vulnerable to that recent thing), then when I want to check out X website I just “spin up the docker container” (still not 100% what that means but I’ve heard the verbiage), hotspot the pc (for now), and run it through the program? Am I understanding that right?

Sorry I’m so green, gotta start somewhere! I feel like a grandma calling an Xbox a “Nintendo” haha.

Tbf it’s hard not to “told ya so” the “just works” people when it don’t “just work.”

It should work, they’re a billion dollar corporation with the resources to do it and come default so all hardware issues are worked out before shipping by the OEM, and they’re still making linux look good by dropping the bag so hard, they deserve it tbh.