farfing around with #raspberryPi servers has been a bit frustrating ... sunk costs aside? whare are people using for self-hosting?

Old laptops running Linux? nostr:npub1aghreq2dpz3h3799hrawev5gf5zc2kt4ch9ykhp9utt0jd3gdu2qtlmhct or nostr:npub1r29mgme6rnyj5sljdnerfty9ewwnj2nje76d0qqyhvt0wkhncxvsyc23pd servers?

I #askNostr / #askNostrDev because ... as a solo-dev wanting to build ... i want to save a bit on hosting till i have something real & ready to share... #openToSuggestions