#asknostr

ok I have been teetering between DIY Umbrel and DIY Start9 over the last month running both simultaneously.

Which one do you guys prefer and why?

If shipping was available to Canada, I would have just purchased a RoninDojo Tanto.

The reasons I am running Umbrel is because I can use that same PC as a file server simultaneously, which I cannot do with Start9.

However Umbrel has some memory issues with electrum server and HTTP login. Start9 doesnt have this concern but cannot run Samba behind the scenes.

Looking forward to everyones comments!

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I'm a big fan of what nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll has built but there's still some functionality that they've not built in yet that leaves me using an Umbrel on the side.

I just repurposed a server and run umbrel on it. I upgraded from a pic because I was so frustrated and not much better. Reliability is shit and it is still soooo slow. I am going to trash it and install Start9. Right now nothing can be worse than my umbrel.

I have nothing so this is good because I wanna get something soon.

I ran both but now just running #start9 and it’s been great. Uptime is 100% the documentation and tech support is really top notch. It is extremely limited on apps unlike umbrel and running CLN was a pain but other than those two things it has been a pleasant experience

I ended up fully migrating to Start9 and sacrificing the Samourai Dojo Server for now just because of stability and performance and security being the best on Start9. Used a separate machine as file server this time.