I typically cap only to try to avoid any unnecessary heat from the man at my ISP. Keep a low profile is my mantra.

LinkedIn is a burning dumpster fire, where the dumpster is intentionally designed to be anti-user, and the fire is kindled by narcissists and predators.

I just used a mid-weight Debian distro I’m pretty familiar with, and it installed like any other time. No issues. Though if I had to redo it, I’d maybe choose a lighter and more barebones distro.

My use case is fairly particular, since I only have one TV in my travel trailer, and I use it while boondocking – meaning networking is mobile data only. The path of least resistance is often just to store all media locally. Unless I’m in an area with a solid 5G signal.

Kodi works a charm on it.

However, I also use it for light computing, and even light gaming, so I typically just boot into a tiling windows manager and use MPV to watch videos.

I can’t comment on remotes. I paired it with a keyboard trackpad combo, again, given the use case of it being a multi-use travel trailer PC.

EDIT: Before I used this, I used a Pi 4b, and it constantly got bogged down. This is infinitely zippier and more capable.

1 in 4 households spend more than $75 a month on streaming services. That device will last you much longer than 2-3 months.

I went this route in my teardrop trailer. Installed Linux on it, and now it’s a very capable little media rig.

MeLE Mini PC Stick

Deleting everything Meta had such a positive effect on my life.

Seems like they shot themselves in the foot.

Unless their goal was to create an echo chamber of about 15 people, and if so, they’ve been very successful.

Beehaw still exists? I guess I don’t ever really see any communities hosted there pop up on All. Or maybe I’m just not noticing.

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It doesn’t matter where the data goes, or if it’s kept proprietary. Businesses wouldn’t collect metrics if it didn’t translate to dollar signs for them. It forms their business decisions.

And it not being shared with other businesses is only one point of concern from a privacy perspective. Another is that large corporations are hacked or otherwise infiltrated quite frequently, resulting in user data leaks.

They’ll make you pay for it, while simultaneously collecting usage data via the app, and further turning a profit off you.

It plays on the classic consumer mindset of “if it’s an option, I need it!” Spoiler: you don’t need it. I understand you want those features, they’d be a nice luxury… but you don’t need them.

If you buy an older car, you will likely still have none of the functions listed in those supscriptions. Just don’t buy the subscriptions.

Jesus… fucking christ

Possession is nine-tenths of the meme.

Bnatlogtygists hate this one simple trick!

I missed it. 😑

I use the section 4 approach with great success.

Totally unrelated, but very cool!

My desktop theme is named similarly, because it’s earthy like light coffee grounds.