i started in january of this year because i upgraded my wife’s computer. that gave me an old computer to tinker with.

i recommend getting an old computer, installing an OS (look up thinks like truenas, proxmox, unraid… there are more and they are different; try them all out if you want to see what you like)

then go onto youtube and search for things like “<OS> beginner” and you will get a bunch of tips/tricks/tutorials/etc. for starting out with your favorite.

i havent had the chance to try stoat yet because most of my friends refuse to leave discord, but i heard of Stoat (used to he called Revolt, but i think there was a trademark conflict) a while back and have wanted to try it out.

https://github.com/stoatchat/

so hype for C770 (or whatever the good C card will be).

running a jellyfin server on something like this may not be pleasant, so it depends on what you are trying to do with this machine.

for most things, yeah - it will be fine; however, if you are planning to do live transcoding, running an llm, or other compute-heavy tasks, the box will need to be upgraded.

not the person you replied to, but i have been using cloudflare zero trust for my streaming needs; have not gotten a complaint yet.

just make sure you have the upload bandwidth.

oh! thank you! this is the answer :(

though… it kinda makes me want to buy a cheepie intel card just to get that sweet, sweet AV1

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not OP, but this has reared its ugly face once or twice with my friends.

i have been running into another issue, though it may be a firefox issue: playing some filetypes fail to play on web browser but work fine on jellyfin app (i believe my settings are correct for hardware decode on server where it can)

i still have to put some time into figuring it out tho (havent really done my research yet)

Linux Requirements: Computer*

*optional

welcome!

to get started, download a linux OS .iso and write it to a usb with Balena Etcher. boot to that usb by selecting it in your bios/uefi (restart the computer and smash the del key a whole bunch to get there) :)

its basic, but this is the part that can confuse those who arent so tech savvy and want to switch <3

and the microtransactions inside them. and the underwhelming day 1 dlc.

i havent been able to find one. i have specific storage amounts in mind, so i search for my storage amount then sort by cheapest.

so rally round your PC… with a pocket KVM

i am currently setting one up so i have no input as far as ease of use, good/bad/etc. yet, however i have a

raspberry pi, flashed

libreelec to the sd card, and plan to get

castagnaIT to run some proprietary streaming services alongside

jellyfin that i host on my home server. i just ordered a

SofaBaton U2 remote for BT and IR commands; i hope to not really need k&m after setup