You could try. There are lots of open issues and the last commit was 5 years ago. It may have been abandoned.
I looked up the site on archive.org, but they don’t have any of the documentation pages archived. It looks like the documentation was just auto generated by gtk-doc, so you could clone the repo, install gtk-doc and generate the same documentation that was on the web site.
The domain registration probably expired. It’s pretty common for someone to buy up expired domains and point them to crap like that.
Middle click paste is extremely useful. Why would anyone want to disable it?
That can be done with Apt-Cacher NG. It’s a proxy server that caches .deb packages. It really speeds up updates if you have multiple computers that are using the same packages.
I run one on my firewall, but it’s IPv6 only because of CGNAT. The other one is running on a VPS in case I need IPv4 access. I just configured them manually.
We shouldn’t even need video. It’s just a waste of bandwidth unless you are showing some slides for a presentation or something.
You can get an adapter board that will make it work with an M.2 SSD. I believe it’s only PCIe 2.0, so there’s no point putting a high end SSD in it unless you need a high write endurance. Any SSD will be a huge improvement over a hard drive.
Most Linux distros will run on it since it’s using a 64 bit Intel CPU. If you have the version with 4GB of RAM, you will need something very lightweight though. I would run Debian if I was going to use it as a server or Mint if I was going to use it as a desktop.
The Mac Mini should still be perfectly usable if you put Linux on it and upgrade it to an SSD.
No, you don’t need a VPN if you’re using a seedbox.
I haven’t had any issues with public trackers on ultra.cc. I probably download about 100 or so public torrents a month, but that’s not new release stuff that’s likely to get a DMCA notice.
The VPN killswitch is not safe for bittorrent, it doesn’t work fast enough. Binding the torrent client to the VPN interface is safe though.
I backup stuff on blurays and DVDs a couple times a year. I also wrote a copy of FreeDOS and some software onto a stack of floppies recently.
Only works if it’s an incandescent light
LED and fluorescent lights get hot too, it just takes a bit longer.
Torrents don’t need trackers either. They can work with just DHT.
Run an iperf test to see if the ethernet adapter is working correctly. The speed tests on my USB ethernet adapter are almost identical to an integrated one as long as it’s connected to a USB 3 port.
I would recommend installing Heroic Launcher too. It works good for GoG, Epic & Amazon games.
So what happens when the certificate expires? Do you get locked out if you don’t have physical access?
You can put Linux on the computer and customize it however you want. If you don’t want a task bar, you don’t have to have one. You can move it where ever you want, adjust the size or even have multiple task bars on each monitor.
If you don’t have a port forwarded for your torrent client, then only the people that do will be able to download from you. Unfortunately, most VPN providers don’t support port forwarding.
There is a PipeWire module for ASHA. It looks like it has issues with a lot of devices though.
Having the buffers separate is useful because you can have two different things copied at the same time.