i’ve got an RPi4 not doing much legwork atm. is there an easy way to install and host lemmy on it? if not, maybe a mastodon instance?

    • airikr@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      I tried to install Lemmy with Docker on my RPi 4 few days ago. I couldn’t complete the installation because it doesn’t support ARMv7. So Lemmy works on RPi 4 is just a big lie 😔 Or is there any solution to this?

      • poVoq@lemmy.ml
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        2 years ago

        You are probably running a 32bit Rasbian OS on it, which artificially cripples the fully ARMv8 and 64bit capable CPU of the RPi4. But I think there is a 64bit Rasbian version now?

    • sibachian@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 years ago

      https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/administration.html

      Oh! it’s right there in the documentation “Supports arm64 / Raspberry Pi.”.

      Now I just need to figure out how to install docker (for the third time) :D

      I haven’t looked at Pleroma too closely. It just seemed near identical to Mastodon but with a less appealing interface. If it runs well on a Pi4 together with Lemmy, then it makes a lot more sense. Maybe I could also run a writefreely instance?

      My main concern was dealing with compiling etc, since I don’t know the technical aspects too much. A lot of stuff I’ve tried to setup on my pi with installation guides tends to fail half way through. Which is why it doesn’t get a lot of use.

      • poVoq@lemmy.ml
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        3 years ago

        You can use the Mastodon interface with Pleroma.

        Yes WriteFreely is super lightweight, should be no problem at all.

        I guess with beginner level skills is it better to use Yunohost or Freedombox on the RPi4. I assume there is also a fediverse server for either of those.

    • sibachian@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 years ago

      That’s awesome news. I don’t think I’ve ever seen more than ~50 concurrent users online on lemmy.ml, so 20 should be more than enough.