i’ve got an RPi4 not doing much legwork atm. is there an easy way to install and host lemmy on it? if not, maybe a mastodon instance?

  • @[email protected]
    1•2 years ago

    I have not looked into this, but I am interested in the answer.

    I think the main answer you are going to get is that it depends on the number of users on your instance.

    If you are not doing anything with your pi at the moment I recommend checking out nextcloud pi, pivpn, and pihole.

    But, maybe you are already running these systems.

    • @[email protected]OP
      1•2 years ago

      I don’t expect a lot of users. It would mainly be a community focused specifically on aquarium fish.

    • @[email protected]OP
      0•2 years ago

      I never heard of epicyon. It looks a bit… odd. So it’s a platform that tries to do-it-all, but within a limited scope? The UI really needs an update though.

    • @[email protected]
      2•2 years ago

      I tried to install Lemmy with Docker on my RPi 4 few days ago. I couldn’t complete the installation because it doesn’t support ARMv7. So Lemmy works on RPi 4 is just a big lie 😔 Or is there any solution to this?

      • poVoq
        1•2 years ago

        You are probably running a 32bit Rasbian OS on it, which artificially cripples the fully ARMv8 and 64bit capable CPU of the RPi4. But I think there is a 64bit Rasbian version now?

    • @[email protected]OP
      0•2 years ago

      https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/administration.html

      Oh! it’s right there in the documentation “Supports arm64 / Raspberry Pi.”.

      Now I just need to figure out how to install docker (for the third time) :D

      I haven’t looked at Pleroma too closely. It just seemed near identical to Mastodon but with a less appealing interface. If it runs well on a Pi4 together with Lemmy, then it makes a lot more sense. Maybe I could also run a writefreely instance?

      My main concern was dealing with compiling etc, since I don’t know the technical aspects too much. A lot of stuff I’ve tried to setup on my pi with installation guides tends to fail half way through. Which is why it doesn’t get a lot of use.

      • poVoq
        0•2 years ago

        You can use the Mastodon interface with Pleroma.

        Yes WriteFreely is super lightweight, should be no problem at all.

        I guess with beginner level skills is it better to use Yunohost or Freedombox on the RPi4. I assume there is also a fediverse server for either of those.