It was suggested to peruse a big list of projects that might work for you. They pre package a huge amount of open source projects to run on say AWS in their own linux distro. If you find a project that looks interesting you can go to that projects website and look at docs and stuff. Then run that project how you want.
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I have been using Odoo for years to generate invoices for my little IT business. I don't use any features that cost money. I am working a web store for my wife and have been playing with erpnext. It is written in Python / Javascript and can be installed on your own servers. I has a lot of features that cost in Odoo but are free and looks like it is easer to modify.
I have not read this yet thanks. I did not realize PG has a bunch of H. Beam Piper
Late response I am chatting with you via my own instance. moto.teamswollen.org
The "Federation of servers" is a great way to handle this. I am surprised how will it works even in it infancy.
Long live the Federation.
This is great, I subbed. I am trying to setup a server dedicated to motorcycling (r/motorcycles etc). Really like that we can setup specialty sites. Usenet 2.0
This is really nice and runs on your desktop.
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