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I have a spare laptop running Linux Mint. I would like to try running my own instance and sharing it with a few users to help out and for the experience. Below are the specs. Do you think it will be powerful enough, and if so, how many users would it be able to handle? I could restrict uploading of media if that would make a considerable impact.

Dell Inspiron 15-5000 CPU: Intel Core i5-5200U, 2 cores, 4 threads RAM: 8GB Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 1TB

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just keep in mind that if your server dies, or you stop running it for any reason, all the content and user accounts are gone. It doesn't really feel like something that should be taken lightly.

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Unless it is named like "throawaylemmy" or something.

[–] lynny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Why can't it just be a vanity instance that you use for yourself and friends, with most of your posting being done on larger instances? There's at least one I've seen like this which seems to be private.