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@possiblylinux127 A domain creates dependencies on external infrastructure.

Let’s Encrypt and the Internet Security Research Group are U.S. organizations that rely on donations and can very likely be restricted by instructions from the American government.

Don’t get me wrong, if you want to use your own domain, you could do so.
But this creates dependencies for self-hosting, which may not be wanted and/or probably also not necessary.

@possiblylinux127 Only when you have a valid domain name.

Not everybody can or wants to pay for a domain name, when it is not really necessary.

@inquanto Theoretically, when you are alone in your own network it can be ok, to go only with http. But login passwords over http are transferred without encryption.

The problem with https are valid certificates, so that clients can connect to your selfhosted services without issues.
For example, I was not able to connect with a KDE PIM program to a Nextcloud with a self signed certificate or with http only.

With step-ca there can be a solution for this problem:
https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/07/letsencrypt-homelab-stepca/

@B0rax Cool, I wish, I had seen it earlier this year, when I wanted to get the differences between some HP and Lenovo models.
Especially, how much NVMe sockets are available.

@cpbsy I bought such a refurbished HP mini pc this year. There can 2 NVMe 2280 be used and with an additional caddy, a 2,5" device also can be added.
When the system is idle, it is using 8 watts.

https://en.ram-koenig.de/hp-elitedesk-800-g6-desktop-mini-pc-i5-10500t-8gb-ddr4-256-nvme-win11-wifi-psu-10228

There are also other models available, but not all are providing sockets for a second NVMe device.
Also mini-pcs from Lenovo are often used, but there are only few models available, which have a socket for a second NVMe device.
But they normally have a caddy for a 2,5" device.