@jonty @jarkman I feel like so many people say this (docker is better than running it on a raspberry Pi) but I haven't had the chance to read the argument - at least not in a way that makes sense to me. Do you have a beginner friendly explanation? Is it mainly due to backup options for docker? My main goal is to not buy any extra equipment, so I'm running anything I have on at least a decade old stuff (or the raspi I bought for a specific learning project which is done).
I run jellyfin on a 2013 MacBook Air and it barely allowed me to install it with the ram I've got (on Debian). Is it really possible to run docker on this kind of hardware?
@discontinuity @jonty @jarkman wanting to use the hardware you’ve got is entirely valid. If the hardware you’ve got will run Docker (and it probably will, there’s not much overhead on Linux) then it’s more reproducible than hand rolled Pi images and you can use hardware that’s well suited. Unless you specifically need the GPIO, or a full Linux computer you can embed in something you’ve built, a Pi is rarely the best tool for the job.