Regarding DRM, Netflix (and probably others) require the Widewine library to play back DRM content. This works perfectly fine on a normal Ubuntu PC, but does not work on the Pi because the library does not support ARM, only x86.
So Id just get any normal PC. Used enterprise mini PCs can be had for quite cheap, and they are small and efficient, and high quality. Search for HP, Dell or Lenovo mini PCs , or 1 litre PCs.
There is one potential (small) hurdle you should be aware off: Secure Boot.
Basically some laptops came with Secure Boot locked to only allow booting Windows. These days Linux distros should still be able to boot even if the laptop was windows-only back then (thanks to the so-called shim bootloader). If you get an error about secure boot, just go in to BIOS/UEFI menu and disable secure boot for now (after installing Linux you can google the steps to enroll a key to re-enable Secure Boot).
Beyond that, just flash a USB stick with Linux Mint, boot the laptop, smash the keyboard to find the button for BIOS menu or Boot Device selection, then follow the installer. Installing Linux should take less than an hour. Way less if your computer is fast.
Haven't tried it myself, but have heard in passing that they are generally not waterproof. Might be different for different materials or print orientations though?
Or you can do some post processing, add a coating, or vapor smooth?
Nice, my HM90s have a really great cooling solution for the CPU (big silent fan, fine finned heat sink). But no cooling on the bottom side of the main board, which houses the RAM, a NVMe and two 2,5" SATA SSDs.
I bought some Minisforum HM90 for Proxmox selfhosting, installed 64gb RAM (2x32gb DDR4 3200MHz sticks), ran memtest first to ensure the RAM was good, and all 3 mini PCs failed to various degrees.
The "best" would run for a couple of days and tens of passes before throwing multiple errors (tens of errors) then run for another few days without errors.
Turns out the RAM overheated. 85-95 C surface temperature. (There's almost no space or openings for air circulation on that side of the PC). Taking the lid off the PC, let 2/3 computers run memtest for a week with no errors, but one still gave the occasional error bursts. RAM surface temperature with the lid off was still 80-85 C.
Adding a small fan creating a small draft dropped the temperature to 55-60 C.
I then left the computer running memtest for a few weeks while I was away, then another few weeks while busy with other stuff. It has now been 6 weeks of continuous memtest, so I'm fairly confident in the integrity of the RAM, as long as they're cold.
Turns out also some, but not all, RAM sticks have onboard temperature sensors. lm-sensors can read the RAM temperature, if the sticks have the sensor. So I'm making a Arduino solution to monitor the temperature with a IR sensor and also control an extra fan.
I recently tried LinkWarden, Linkding and Archivebox for making offline copies. They all had the same issue of running in to a Captcha or login wall for the sites I wanted to capture.SingleFile to the rescue, as it uses your current browser session as a logged in and verified human.
Linkeding allows you to upload the singlefile html file attached to it link, but I didn't see such an option for Linkwarden.
I hadn't considered giant data sets, like Jellyfin movie library, or Immich photo library. Though for Jellyfin I'd consider only the database and config as "Jellyfin data", while the movie library is its own entity, shared to Jellyfin
Yeah that's fair, permission issues can be a pain to deal with. Guess I've been lucky I haven't had any significant issues with permissions and docker-containers specifically yet.
Wow thanks for this! Reading the official docker documentation I somehow missed this. Using regular well documented linux mount.
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tools and options will be so much better than looking for docker-specific documentation for every single type.
And knowing the docker container won't start unless the mount is available solves so much.Does the container stop or freeze if the mount becomes unavailable? For example if the smb share host goes offline?
GUIs can be very good for getting started and learning concepts though. Much more "discoverable" and can allow for quicker iteration.
Then when learning the "proper" command line tools, the process should be easier as one already knows the concepts and terminology, and can concentrate on just the tooling.
Syncthing is probably the best option. It'll keep a copy on both devices, and can sync any changes made on any device. It's a direct connection, no intermediary server required.
Another way, which is a bit round-about, but surprisingly easy: Install Zim Desktop Wiki (a notebook app), enable its built-in web server, and add your PDF to the Zim notebook. From the iPad use the web browser to open your Zim notebook (Assuming both are on the same wi-fi). This is read-only from the iPad, can't make changes.
KDE has a huge amount amount of configurable keyboard shortcuts, even many that are not assigned by default. Check out the keyboard shortcuts settings in each app, and in KDE Plasma Settings app.
For moving selected files in Dolphin (and any other file browser) I've always just used Ctrl+X Ctrl+V.
(Btw sounds like you're talking about the "context menu" button, and it's my personal pet peeve that this button is missing from many modern keyboards and laptops. On older Windows you used to be able to do Shift+F10 to get the context menu , but that doesn't work anymore so my main use for the mouse is right-clicking..)
Regarding DRM, Netflix (and probably others) require the Widewine library to play back DRM content. This works perfectly fine on a normal Ubuntu PC, but does not work on the Pi because the library does not support ARM, only x86.
So Id just get any normal PC. Used enterprise mini PCs can be had for quite cheap, and they are small and efficient, and high quality. Search for HP, Dell or Lenovo mini PCs , or 1 litre PCs.