I agree, rhetoric like OP’s framing a non-FOSS distro as ‘just another closed source/black boxed OS’ reads like OP is suggesting it isn’t even worth migrating from Windows to say, Bazzite. Which is dangerous.

I’ll take a door I can peer into but has a few shadows over a completely closed door anyday.

Just block them and move on.

Your connection being fine during downtime is a new detail not in your original post that changes the dynamics. That being said I believe my other response should be helpful.

Well, it can’t hurt to cross it off. You don’t need to get a domain from a registrar that offers dynamic DNS, you just need to register a domain (or try another dynamic DNS like the other user suggested) and use a DNS provider that is free and offers an API. I personally use Cloudflare, there are plenty of guides for setting up a dynamic record on CF.

For registering a domain you can use an affordable registrar, I’m a Porkbun customer - for a .com domain it’s like $11 for a year. No need to spend monthly.

Ha, if he said duckDNS I was going to recommend something more reliable like freedns.afraid.org.

That being said, the description in his post doesn’t make it seem that way.

Let’s back up some - a free dynDNS provider would not cause connection issues, unless DNS resolution itself stopped working - which is unlikely. It sounds more like the Internet you’re running off of itself has issues. What in particular is making you blame the dynDNS? Who is it?

I’m unsure, but I’m an avid user of Mihon (formerly Tachiyomi). Basically God’s gift to Android. Would recommend giving it a look!

Even back then caddy was being talked about. I don’t use caddy because, at least back then, it was only free for non commercial use (unless you compile it yourself).

I’ve been using Traefik for even longer though and haven’t ran into any major issues. Definitely recommend it.

I switched to Docker ages ago and don’t regret it. The other benefit aside from the “works on my machine” is that usually it’s very easy to back up with minimal bloat, especially for projects that don’t document what you should be backing up.

I can, and have, switch hosts on a moments notice and only have to mess with DNS updates.

Although I’ve been procrastinating switching to rootless Docker.

The only thing I run on a VM right now is Home Assistant. But I do that with Cockpit and KVM/virsh.

All my backups are tested, so upgrades (or recovering from a failure) are usually straightforward. The only thing I don’t back up is my collection of Linux ISOs, but that I can easily reacquire.

You could try a CLI tool like: https://github.com/vossenwout/crev

It’s a tad overkill but you could also use: https://github.com/kodustech/kodus-ai

When all else fails, get Termux and just run the commands manually / setup some scripts.

Ripgrep (rg) instead of grep or ack. Stupid fast.

yt-dlp since I don’t see it mentioned.

Drop tmux and use zellij (if you are scared of tmux, zellij is easier to learn IMO).

Pretty much. A more apt description would probably be “statistical model output sequence about uncertainty over own humanity, instead of correcting it’s context researchers left this is there, leading the statistical model to bias toward more existential horror in it’s own output”.

Keep in mind their claims about Android have been clearly refuted and their claims in general are dubious.

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114789276549546469

Given this, they’re either dangerously ignorant or intentionally malicious.

I went with the open source one. Slightly more expensive, but had I wanted to I could have bought all the parts and assembled it myself, compiled the firmware, etc.

If a device relies on any kind of external service to initially set up or function thereafter, do not buy. Regardless of brand.

This is what I strive for. When I was looking for a wall charger for my EV I was shocked at how there was only one option that wasn’t “cloud” based. And those aren’t cheap.

I have some invites.

In my opinion, that’s not on Steam to support their client on a long past EOL operating system. Not withstanding the added development workload and costs, there is also significantly more risk associated with supporting an OS that isn’t receiving security patches.

Not to mention the modder’s example Windows fucking 98. Steam still supports Windows 7, which was released in 2009. Your 6 year old PC will be fine.

9? That’s quite a bit of compute lol.

My journey started with 1 server, then 4, then 5 (one functioning as a NAS), then 1 (just the NAS box), then I moved and decided to slim it down to a proper NAS and 1 mini PC/NUC clone. Now I’m up to two because the first was an Intel N105 which just isn’t up for the challenges lol