Homelab #2: I'll come back in 7 years

I've been tinkering for the past 2-3 hours figuring out the software side but I think I'll just stop for now and continue "someday". First thing i did was get my bootable usb and install ubuntu server on Jordan. I've installed other OSs on this computer before so it went without a hitch. I had a few errors pop up trying to SSH into jordan from my main computer but the first article i found worked.

at this point i realised i did not plan much for what exactly im going to do with this server. the tutorial i was following for the first half installing ubuntu went on to install plex but i dont need plex right now. then some tutorials by the same youtuber led me to install firezilla so i can transfer files between my computer and server. but then i later deleted it because i was thinking of self hosting nextcloud. the nextcloud tutorial i saw said i needed a docker but then i saw another video about installing casaOS so i did that... then i also installed docker.

then i was like heck casaOS has a file manager what do i need nextcloud for so i thought about hosting bitwarden. the bitwarden documentation told me i needed to setup a settings.env file and i think that is when i gave up.

As ive stated i am not super into tech so all these terms being thrown at me as if im supposed to know all this already is super confusing. I will not give up! but i will for now because i cant spend all my time on this. before trying to setup anything next time, i will try to understand some of the terms and what they do. i dont like how tech term explanations usually contain other tech terms and concepts but idk i guess ill never fully understand this stuff but whatever.

so i may not have any services running yet but at the very least i can use the server as file storage and transfer between devices on the network. thats one box checked! better than nothing i guess.

tangent: after i did some ssh business for some reason the trackpad on my main computer suddenly stopped working and idk why. idk how to fix this because idk what exactly caused it so i guess im forced to use a mouse.

update like 10 minutes later: ok so i think i just accidentally pressed fn + f10 to disable trackpad. why is that a button

Total costs: $15.90
- ethernet adapter: $15.90
- lots of brainpower
- everything else: technically free =)