Hello! I'm new here and I wanted to make a post introducing my self and the last introduction thread I saw had a warning about how old it was so I started a topic. So I am Granz's youngest he got me into electronic at a young age and ever since my interest has grown. I am still an amateur but I did do a coding boot camp. I am really into home automation and open source. I just bought a desktop computer the I going to install Linux and run Docker on it to self host. speaking of running Docker on Linux I was considering run Mint but I heard that Docker works better on Ubuntu. so I wanted to reach out and see what your guy's opinion on it. Thank you!
Welcome, son. Glad to have you here.
Thank you! :)
Welcome to Savage///Circuits! There's no problem with replying to old threads. That warning is just something built into SMF. I think it's more there in case you're using the forums for support. I'm also into home automation. I was doing that back in the late 80s / early 90s using the various computers from the time (Commodore, Tandy, etc). These days I have a pretty complete Smart Home using Google and Tapo products, mostly. I even have a thread (https://savagechats.com/index.php?topic=169.0) seeking out those who are into Smart Home / Home Automation. I've never used Docker. Back in the day I used VMWare. But these ays I have enough hardware to just dedicate a machine to a task. As for Mint, it's a pretty minimal Linux distro. I have installed Ubuntu, but have been considering Debian more recently.
P.S. - It looks like you have FIOS. How do you like it?
Quote from: Steelcitygamer8 on Jun 09, 2026, 03:59 PMHello! I'm new here and I wanted to make a post introducing my self and the last introduction thread I saw had a warning about how old it was so I started a topic. So I am Granz's youngest he got me into electronic at a young age and ever since my interest has grown. I am still an amateur but I did do a coding boot camp. I am really into home automation and open source. I just bought a desktop computer the I going to install Linux and run Docker on it to self host. speaking of running Docker on Linux I was considering run Mint but I heard that Docker works better on Ubuntu. so I wanted to reach out and see what your guy's opinion on it. Thank you!
WELCOME!
Hello Chris, Using Commodores and Tandys for Smart Home controls sounds pretty fun though I'd imagine is was a bit of a pain. I've been looking in to ESPHome and Home Assistant and I'm pretty excited about those. I use Mint on my main computer because my Dad recommended it to me as well as to use it for my Server. Then I saw a YouTube video by Switch and Click and she said the it's not the best for Docker.
@Steelcitygamer8 welcome to the forum.
@Steelcitygamer8 welcome! I just put on Debian on my old 10 year old laptop for development purposes since I found development tools, especially with FPGAs, are more advanced in Linux and you can easily find them for Debian. As for home automation, my home is dumb and I have no plans on making it smart :).