I ran Umbrel for over 2.5 years. It was great. But I'm a power user. The last year and a half my Umbrel was very customized, running different containers, updated docker configs, and standalone apps. I opted to move to a custom built node. For the average user that just wants a Bitcoin and Lightning node, it's great.
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Much appreciated, you nailed my own dilemma precisely. I've got bitcoin / lightning nodes running this summer, but as i'm starting to play with nostr relays and other things was looking to try umbrel for 'non essential' stuff just purely for convenience. Sounds like thats reasonable.
Over Linux? What type of Server you use?
I’m thinking of a Start9 Server One. I want to get started and want something that I won’t outgrow, at least for quite a while.