Yesterday was cool, I got a young lad to help me rebuild my server and teach me some Linux basics, everything's running in dockers now and the ssh is secure. My Mastodon is currently down, as is PeerTube but these will be restored and with luck running a lot more efficiently very soon. There's no GUI clogging things up and I finally have a solid streaming solution for my music! Navidrome is set up where as previously I was using Nextcloud and a browser page for streaming, far from ideal but the best I could manage at the time with my limited knowledge and using Yunohost.
I've a lot to do in the rest of my life today so I'll unlikely do more work on it till over the weekend but very happy with how it's shaping up.
So glad I know a wonder kid, he's only 17 but very advanced for his years. I predict a bright future ahead for him!