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@CraigCabbage if you have maybe a 10years old computer you can install Linux through the bios to run mastodon or any fediverse software. you can also pick a sub domain name to have a free domain name. once you got both, you may need an extra storage but basically you will be able to own an instance for free
Thank you!! Dad has one but you can't access the web with it.
@CraigCabbage why can’t you? no wifi and no ethernet? how old the computer is ?
IDK, Dad and Grandpa say the computer is too old to access it and he thinks me buying an ethernet cable is useless 😭 The computer is probably 10-13 years old, I’m not sure
@CraigCabbage should be compatible with internet, or if you want you can also buy some old stuff through eBay, its also cheap
Is there any way to federate a ProBoards forum? I made one once and someone said I should federate it
If you go with something that isn't lemmy/piefed/mbin, you should look into compatibility and project activity very carefully.
@CraigCabbage maybe I don’t know proboards, but you can’t federate it with activitypub
Thanks so much!!