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!

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlOPEnglish
    18·
    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.

    • throwawaynumbah8@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      You’re being absolutely shit upon because you didn’t ask a question, you asked someone to fucking teach you the fundamentals and the basics of Linux, networking, security, etc. FOR FREE

      I wouldn’t help such a cunt like you even if you could afford my consultant rate. Fuck!

      It took me an hour and a half just to get logged into the server because their documentation is outdated. That’s something a knowledgeable user could have worked out in 5 seconds.

      Boo fucking hoo, you want someone else to do the work for you it sounds like? But good for you for using basic problem solving skills! You’re going to need those a lot for what you want. Outdated documentation? Get fucking used to it. You’ll learn with time that no one is going to hold your hand for this journey and you’re going to have to figure things out for your own system configurations.

      I’m sure we all would have been more than happy (I would’ve been, well before your stupid complaining edit) to have helped you get logged in and maybe even explained why it wasn’t working for you to learn. Ship = sailed.

      advanced concepts…SSH, default gateway

      Those are fucking basic concepts in this world my guy. You have no fundamental knowledge about this world of computing!

      If you want to learn, take some basic 101 computer science classes. If you want to ask for someone to teach you this here, just shut the fuck up and move the fuck on. I’d say it’s not that hard, but you can’t understand the concept of

      I have zero interest in having someone else host my services but thank you.

      You know, maybe you should take some interest in that because you don’t even have the underlying foundations to begin here.

      But what do I know? It’s not like I have three decades of devops/systems engineering/administration experience and am the Director of DevOps for a F500 company. Oh wait…

      The way you overreact to criticism and adversity is really fucking appalling. It shows a severe lack of maturity and development especially when coupled with your oh-so-charming passive aggressive condescension. Maybe you just don’t have the mental faculties to do this.

      I refuse help out of self-respect and I won’t reward hostile behavior, but here’s advice: stop being such an insufferable cunt. Fuck you and your condescending sarcasm all over this thread.

      Chortle my balls. <- no consultant rate for that.