I live in a tiny village with a shit ton of space for anything, but would prefer this over a power hungry server anyway… At least until i fill part of the barn roof with solar panels.

Can you please confirm that "under the couch" is a literal statement. If so, could you please provide further details? I am extremely curious.

“Under the couch” is a literal statement. This is a modern, not traditional couch, so its legs are raised maybe 10 inches? Gives some room for access and passive cooling.

Doesn't it get loads of dust?

Getting it dusted and vacuumed was the part of the deal I have with my wife regarding the existence of this server :-)

What kinda services? Lots of hn comments say something like the above and I’m just deciding to ask this time.

For me specifically: wireguard, strongswan (ikev2 vpn in iPhone), freshrss, paperless ngx, webdav server for iOS apps like genius scan and photosync, filebrowser for web access, archivebox, wallabag, airsonic, gitea.

Not the person you are replying to, but I host my local dev environments, HomeAssistant for various home automation tasks, Unifi controller, Paperless-ngx, Jellyfin media server, NAS and cloud backup of PCs, adguard, and occasionally some game servers for friends. There's a tremendous amount of self hosted software available for about any purpose you can think of though.