It's Hard to Stay Motivated
I got Jellyfin up and running, it's 10/10. I love this thing, and it reinvigorated my love for watching movies. So I decided to tackle all the other services I wanted, starting with Paperless-ngx...
What a nightmare. It doesn't have a Windows install so I made an Ubuntu VM. Don't get me started on Ubuntu. I just spent about 12hrs trying to get Portainer to cooperate and had to give up. I tried just installing Paperless the "normal way" and had to give up on that too.
My point: if you're getting started selfhosting you have to embrace and accept the self-inflicted punishment. Good luck everybody, I don't know if I can keep choosing to get disappointed.
Edit: good news! Almost everything I wanted to do is covered by Jellyfin which can be done in Windows.
I respect your opinion, but I'll pass
Well then maybe you should also pass on making generalizations about selfhosting?
What generalization? You mean the widely accepted pain that comes from it?
It’s a lot more painful if you don’t know what you’re doing and disregard good advice.
To put it another way, you're having difficulty staying motivated to ride your bicycle with square wheels.
"You should try using round wheels."
"No."
Have you considered Docker?