There are a handful of groups putting out what I would consider decent AV1 encodes. A couple PTs allow them, and there are groups on 1337x. Just grab a couple from each tag you can find and see if they meet your needs. Generally speaking, look for groups which note their source, which encoder they are using, and ideally what settings they used in general.
AV1 has come a long way fast, but in my experience a good x265 encode is still better for live action.
The only time I've willingly used a banking app is when they lock out my VPN IP. In those cases the app still usually works for whatever reason. So far, I haven't found any functionality missing from the webapp, but I'm also dealing with brick and mortar institutions.
I would be concerned as they will eventually probably move to a phone app first ecosystem, however it will probably take a while. Some people are still only using in person and phone banking (where you call them and punch in numbers).
I would get a Thinkpad, either used or new, with that budget. Generally all the hardware will work out of the box, with the possible exception of the fingerprint reader if it exists. RAM and SSD should be replaceable, so if you purchase new just do the upgrade yourself to save some bucks.
Private trackers would be your best bet if you don't know anyone already.
The very brief summary: You need 7 perms on directories to write to them. So, 774, 770, or what have you for user/group perms.
Good question. I chose it initially because it was open source and way easier (in my eyes) than Apache. I don't recall the others being an option at the time, or I was not aware of them. nginx does what I need without complaint, so I haven't switched.
Also going to rep purelymail here. Been with them a while and you can really have basically unlimited aliases with custom routing and everything.
I imagine that is due to plex cramming in their own streaming option. So the free stuff you see on the default home page (last time I used it). There is a setting in firefox to disable drm playback, but it looks to be a browser-wide choice.
As the other commenter pointed out, that feature does not exist in the webui. Just use mktorrent, torrenttools, or any other utility which will do it.
I have Arch running on an old Acer chromebook, different model but similar hardware. If you're alright with some manual configuration, then it's a good option. it fits the lightweight requirement, but not sure about low maintenance.
A properly muxed mkv will display the resulting audio bitrate. And if you use opusenc, it will embed the encoder settings in the track.