"FreedomBox is a private server for non-experts: it lets you install and configure server applications with only a few clicks. It runs on cheap hardware of your choice," hm, I have an old PC I could turn into a smol server maybe? List of supported hardware... um... https://www.freedombox.org/download/ Download instructions: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Download
@Anke yeah, this is a terribly written guide on the subject, just suggesting a GUI-based flashing program would simplify the instructions massively, yikes