What you think about umbrel?

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Everyone will tell you that it’s “overpriced” — and it is (along with Start9 servers) but if you want plug and play and think of it as supporting a cause, then I think it’s reasonable.

I'm inclined to think the same, considering I'm not a technical guy. I was wondering how well it works and is worth the money.

It works great. Plug it in, fire it up, and you’re off to the races.

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After trying out StartOS by nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll, I don't think I would install nostr:npub1aghreq2dpz3h3799hrawev5gf5zc2kt4ch9ykhp9utt0jd3gdu2qtlmhct anymore. Plus, I saw somewhere that the Umbrel nodes ping back to their servers over clearnet exposing your IP address, therefore, your actual address (if not using a VPN on your router). Hopefully they reply so that they can clear this up if that's not true.

What do you like about the StartOS?

It's more akin to an actual server for total self-hosting and their documentation will teach you how to run it. It's also directed to be more bitcoin friendly in my opinion because most of the apps are related to BTC.

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Quite a few people will have made the journey from building and managing their own PCs to using a Mac. Once you’re there there’s no worry about managing interrupt vectors and other arcane technicalities. You can just get on with important stuff.The same applies to Umbrella Home. I built two Raspberry Pi Umbrels and was forever checking low memory warnings and occasionally rebuilding. Aaargh!

And then I bought an Umbrel home

It was plug and play, downloaded the whole blockchain in a day and now it sits there running a few other functions (Pihole is a favourite) and needs no intervention at all. I’m free to do other stuff.

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