<2022-09-21T23:35:08.000Z> blaaablaaaa: What did you use to make your own instance? I was looking at the fediverse.express but couldn't figure out the services. I assume it's just a VPS with one of the services they recommended. 
<2022-09-21T23:35:45.000Z> balrog_booger@dumbopinions.xyz: I already had another Linux server on Vultr, and I just got another one on that. I just followed the instructions on https://soapbox.pub/ to build Pleroma from source
<2022-09-21T23:36:40.000Z> blaaablaaaa: Okay nice thanks. I might have to send you another question when I get home but I definitely want to try it out. 
<2022-09-21T23:37:02.000Z> balrog_booger@dumbopinions.xyz: No problem. It's worth it so far. Images and videos are loading significantly faster on here than they did for me on Poast
<2022-09-21T23:38:39.000Z> blaaablaaaa: Nice, I was more curious about it to just try it out see how it goes. 
<2022-09-22T22:02:29.000Z> blaaablaaaa: Did you use fediverse.express or did you build pleroma from scratch?
<2022-09-22T23:22:36.000Z> balrog_booger@dumbopinions.xyz: I built pleroma from source using the instructions on https://soapbox.pub/
<2022-09-23T00:30:14.000Z> balrog_booger@dumbopinions.xyz: One hurdle I ran into is that if you use their recommended OS (Ubuntu 20.04), there's an extra command I had to run. I spent hours troubleshooting it because I didn't realize it came with a software firewall in the OS itself. As the super user you have to run ufw allow 'Nginx Full'
<2022-09-23T01:43:14.000Z> blaaablaaaa: Okay I'm sort of following the pleroma document for Debian. I found another one from landchad who recommended Debian so that's what I tried. I'm like 80% through it and had to leave. Thanks
<2022-09-23T03:23:51.000Z> balrog_booger@dumbopinions.xyz: Good luck. I recommend using whatever distro (Debian or Ubuntu) for the specific tutorial you're using. There are good reasons to throw away your own opinion and use what is recommended by the software vendor