I haven’t done it other than for testing, but you can pair a fire Stick remote to a PC using Bluetooth and it works with Kodi.

Totally worth the subscription

This looks interesting, I hadn’t heard of it before. Do you know if they support sas controllers?

Totally a typo lol

Why would you not be able to continue chat from the phone? I don’t all the time.

The idea that Linux is not susceptible to malware is a really dumb take, in my opinion. I work in security and see Linux machines get popped all the time. Also, wine is good enough that malware will run under it.

Try getting a used server. You can find one on labgopher. For the budget you have, don’t expect something great but it’ll be a start.

Similar for me. I went with PopOS this time, and it all just works. I’m thinking of switching to KDE Neon, just because I’m a KDE fan. One piece of advice I have is to have your home directory on it’s own so that if you do switch distros, you just install to the system drive and you don’t affect your data.

In my mid 50’s. I use a steam deck and my PC running Linux.

As a stepfather to 3 over 2 marriages, just treat them like people with respect and support them as much as possible. It can be hard, but try to give guidance without trying to impose authority. Love them.

That makes sense. I’m a lazy guy and I didn’t want to try testing so I went with a known quantity.

You should take a look at getting sas enclosures. They’re pretty cheap, like $200 for a 16 bay. That will be so much more reliable.

God-tier shit post. I hope this becomes legendary copypasta.

Yes.

Fairly accurate except that Wine predates Codeweavers. They do contribute to Wine but Codeweavers did not make Wine.

Here’s my advice. The most important things are that you have a free GPU slot and another PCIE slot on whatever you get. You’re going to want a GPU for transcoding when disk space gets tight. You want the extra PCIE slot for a sas card. Disk shelves are surprisingly cheap, and you can keep adding disk that way. They daisy chain.

As far as the OS, I’m partial to Unraid and Truenas but seriously, anything you are comfortable with will work.