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I have a spare Chromebook, I could install Linux on it and somehow use it as a web host. No idea how I’d do that, but I could. Somehow. I know how to get Linux on it, at least. But I think that fragments the storage into so many segments… IIRC the time I tested it it the largest portion was about 8GB. Which would work if I’m only hosting my own basic html/css and a few images. Neocities has been a bit laggy for editing. I can always host myself on localhost with NPM but then if anyone else wants to see it they’d need my IP address, lol. I know that’s how personal/business sites used to be, but that doesn’t quite work now.
Either way, before all this: I need to figure out what I want it to look like. I want it to be easily readable and navigated. I want it to have top and side navigation bars… but what colour? What style? Do I want to use background clip text fill? Alt text in GIF sparkle text images? Who knows. I’ll want to make a manifesto, I know that. And a biography, maybe some images of my setup. Or pixel art of it… I’m not the best at art in general but I can definitely try!
! Maybe I could even add a MIDI player if I have an actual web host… sometimes for my personal sites I just throw them on a drive and open the links through file:// and MIDI isn’t allowed to load from non HTTP sources/protocols. I guess this disk I put the code on myself isn't secure. But you never know, I guess.
If anyone has tips or experience in this, let me know! Also some places to get flash drives- I want to make a backup ChromeOS stick just in case haha.
Various questions I’ll need answered, either by my own research or through asking friends:
- Which Linux distro?
- How would I set up the Chromebook as a host?
- How would I push changes?
- GitHub or Codeberg, if I’m making it open source?
- Put comments on what everything does, so really new newbies can see how some things work, or just on the more complicated things I’d need notes on? (I am still a newbie myself at this, haha)
- Compressed/small JPGs of my work or pixel art PNGs/GIFs?
- How much terminal knowledge would I need?
- Is there a direct tutorial?
- Which domain would I want?
- Is it available? (Check Porkbun!)
- Can a Chromebook even do much with the meagre resources it has, even if it’s in Linux?
- How do subdomains work?
- How do i make a drop-down list from the top that doesn’t push the content down
- How to restart it as a server after power outages?
Other things to note:
- Income needed
- —> How do I make a list indent on mobile
- —> part time job openings/listings
- —> commissions for basic layouts/organising things/finding things (probably for friends)
- —> legality of income
- —> what the FTP is income tax / how would I pay income tax if I’m self employed and it doesn’t just come out of a paycheque lol
- —> do I have to pay income tax if I’m not “he or she”
- idk if I want it to be a site for just me or also some close friends/groups
- I know I wanted to put something here but I don’t remember what.
- I have ADHD and might lose motivation entirely
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lem.iso
you're best off hosting online or paying for a domain. i recommend self-hosting if you're doing something specific, but if its just a website i don't see why you need to dedicate a whole server to it. i use a NUC with linux mint + cinnamon to host a simple discord bot and it does the job pretty well, but nothing a hosting platform couldn't do.
additionally, were your site to recieve too many requests, a high performance server (such as that of neocities) will be able to handle it far better than your computer would. in short, you're at a greater risk of being DDoSed.
there are other circumstances you need to consider when self-hosting. you're in charge of website security which, if you're unfamiliar with, could pose as another risk.
overall, it seems like a bit of a stretch for something thats a very simple task
i also want to add- if you're unfamilar with linux as it is, i recommend you do a whole load of research about distros and DEs that will suit your needs best. otherwise, linux will be an utter headache for you
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feralsys
i can answer income questions! nothing else though :(
1) in the us the federal income tax is not a thing if you make under 6k
2) yes you have to pay income tax if you dont identify with he or she if you dont the irs gets very mad
sorry i forgot some questions
3) while i cant officially recommend it but this is true if you get paid under the table for something like commissions etc you do not need to report it and from what i know it might be more of a pain to do so
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