If the ISP doesn’t provide V6 though it’s time to switch ISPs.

cries in USA

I got a huge reduction in random login attempts when I changed my ssh port away from the default.

(Of course I also have actual security measures like log in by key only)

That’s kinda the way of the world in general unfortunately.

I have like a 70% success rate with this trick

While selling data in general is shitty, I want to push back on the fear mongering a little bit.

This only applies to new accounts, can be opt-out of, and doesn’t apply to self-hosted content.

I tried jellyfin but it isn’t even close to as a good as plex

Tbh I kinda don’t mind the podcaster ads when they put their own spin on it and are cute about it

Neither have I really. It’s the last one I used, which was like 5 years ago.

These days I’m mostly using docker containers but all my docker containers as well as my hosts are flavors of Linux so YMMV.

So that you can run the windows exclusive software in a virtual machine.

Time to download Virtualbox

This summarizes Severance

I connect an external monitor to my tablet. It’s not a portable setup though.

Proton is let Valve make an optimized Wine setup for you through Steam

I like mainspring but I can’t get my corporate outlook account to work with it

I will absolutely pick up other peoples trash if it’s somewhere like the wilderness. They should have picked it up themselves but I’m there now and that trash shouldn’t be there.

I was able to quiet mine with a bash script until eventually a software update changed the fan control to keep it quiet for me.

There are advantages to getting server-grade hardware. It’s designed to run 24/7, often supports more hard drives, ram sticks, processors, etc, and often is designed to make it very quick to replace things when they break.

You can find used servers on sites like EBay for reasonable prices. They typically come from businesses selling their old hardware after an upgrade.

However, for simple home use cases, an old regular desktop PC will be just fine. Run it until it breaks!

That’s assuming the user knows that and didn’t just buy a prebuilt tower from Costco, and that it isn’t a laptop or something where changing the motherboard is much harder if not impossible.

Honestly when I’m dubious of the quality of a product, I look for the negative reviews. If the only negative reviews are people clearly being dumb or really minor gripes, I take that as a good sign. If there are very few or no negative reviews, that’s a red flag that something fishy is going on.

What Linux distro are you using share Bluetooth and audio “just works”?