I'd say that YunoHost only makes sense for people who already know what the words nginx, postfix, LDAP, etc. mean -- I don't consider those people 'average user

I'd say that YunoHost only makes sense for people who already know what the words nginx, postfix, LDAP, etc. mean -- I don't consider those people 'average users'. As others on this thread have alluded to, running a server using the existing tools and methods and not being a full-time sysadmin is a recipe for getting pwned. The tools we have right now are porous and difficult to maintain and debug when something goes wrong. Taking a clean-slate approach to the problem can yield new insights and solutions. I don't really mean to suggest that Mirage/Nymote is ready for use by the public right now (I'm supportive of things that give users that option today). However, I do believe it will be better to build self-hosting options using the Mirage stack later, hence the link to the Nymote work.