I use BTRFS simply because I run a rolling distro of Linux. For the average user, I don't think it is quite as necessary but the snapshots are nice. Of course, you could use timeshift to make snapshots as well.
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I have a Dell OptiPlex 7050 acting as a router. But I don't do any port forwarding. Instead, I have an Oracle Always Free VM that is connected to my server via a WireGuard tunnel. The cloud VM acts as reverse proxy to all of the services that I host. The OptiPlex 7050 is running OpenBSD.
6 months now and they love it.
LOL! Not necessarily. I got three of my friends converted to Linux. They're running Linux Mint
Well, then we are facing two bubbles at the same time: AI and cyber currencies. Once both those bubbles burst, the fallout is going to make the dot-com era bubble look like small suds by comparison.
And that is perfectly okay. Remember you're not broken, just neurodivergent and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I am also on the spectrum and am awkward too.
Hmmmm .... that's definitely disappointing!
Well, there are some early Gen Xers that are part of that demographic but to your point!
It's shenanigans like this that make me never want to buy a Canon or HP product. If I need a high end inkjet for printing photographs, it's Epson all day. For anything else, I swear by a good used bulletproof Brother.
To be fair, that's not just boomer love but anybody that's wealthy and heavily invested in Big Oil/Gas.
You could simply gut it, keep the case and power supply, and put modern components in it.
It's honestly not because you have to watch shows (more or less) on their schedule. The true advantage of streaming is that you can easily pause and rewind.