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Yup, https://yunohost.org/ https://yunohost.org/ was built for that. You can manage your server entirely from the admin panel, installing pleroma or matrix or freshrss takes 3 clicks, and it can even manage your DNS zone for you. Mail and XMPP are included. When you're feeling confident, you can then fiddle with the command line and explore what's happening behind the scenes.