There has been plenty of discussion about it, but I decided to take action and create a community to crowdsource the effort of porting Voat to a linux compatible platform. This effort will help free the admins from the clutches of Microsoft and Azure allowing for more affordable alternative hosting solutions. If you have webdev, or linux admin experience, or just think you can lend a hand, head over to /v/voat4linux and contribute, or just spread the word.