My setup consists of an x86 “network appliance”. They’re low-cost, low-power, sometime headless units that can run most any open-source software solution. Even with RAM as bad as it is, you can find these for less than $200 from multiple sources if you’re okay with 2.5Gbps. If you did need more than that, you’d have to build something custom likely, unless it’s a small-business class device.

If you’re just getting into the network software side of things, I recommend experimenting off-Internet for a while with a few different operating systems. Find which one has a user-interface you enjoy and can wrap your head around since in a personal homelab, they almost all meet the requirements. My personal choice for software ended up being OPNSense.

I run all of my other services that aren’t network related on separate hardware via a managed switch just to keep things isolated and the rest is up to you.

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You can disable that popup and have it start in your Library in the settings window to avoid that btw.

Ugh. It’s pronounced .gif.

Actually yes! I’m in an odd spot where I left for a couple years for another job and came back to the same company. Not only was the tech that was in my place while I was gone grateful, he actually continued to add to it so that when I came back, there wasn’t a whole lot I had to update!

I’ve been writing a handover document literally for years at this point. It’s mostly just for my own reference, but the day the next guy takes my position, they will hopefully be grateful for the effort.

That seems to be something it’s exceptional at. Look out.

Wow that guy with the chair looks successful, whatever it is he’s doing. He’s certainly confident!

Like all your dad’s friends you don’t like are hanging with him in the garage and you have to pass through and get hazed if you want a soda from the fridge. “Just here for the content, thanks.”

You kidding? SpongeBob has his own property, plenty of friends that love him, a stable job he loves, countless talents, and it’s been hinted that he’s super rich but just doesn’t spend his money. He also appears to be invincible.

I’d take Spongebob’s life in a heartbeat.

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I work in the clothing industry. When I learned you can bulk order as a vendor, I replaced half my wardrobe with cheap, comfortable, quality shirts and heat pressed custom designs on all of them so they’re unique. Now I have my own personal brand on half my wardrobe!

I have a few Linux, EndeavourOS and Bazzite shirts as well :)

We are on a path to progressively crack both smaller and bigger nuts.

I had a somewhat similar introduction. My Windows XP ran into a blue screen on boot and I couldn’t afford tech support or a Windows CD to reinstall. This was well before I knew how to pirate software.

So one of the ladies in tech support at my high school recommended I try Ubuntu. I think it was version 8 at the time and had a really charming boot sound.

I was instantly hooked when I came across the GTK/Emerald theming options because I was big into RocketDock at the time but again couldn’t afford to buy it. When I found out you could customize everything all the way to the boot menu without hacking it, I spent the next six months learning the whole system to build it into a fully custom personal theme from boot to desktop.

It took until Proton hit its stride before I could finally daily it but I almost always had it available in the side on at least one or two of my computers.

The main thing I use mine for is being able to check notifications without having to grab my phone. I already enjoy wearing a watch, so the time, date, temperature and any other bonus info I want can be there too.

That’s about where it stops though. It should be a mostly passive device. I don’t think the design of fiddling with buttons and talking to it are reasonable. It should tell you information, not take it.

I have been having excellent luck with MkDocs Material. It’s very lightweight and has a ton of extensibility. Their documentation itself is written using their own software and gives you a great idea of what it has to offer: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/

I use it both at work and for a game squadron wiki. It’s entirely written in Markdown so syntax is pretty quick to learn as well. Not sure if this is exactly what you’re looking for, but it’s become my new go to for documentation.

Archuntu

Slackite

Zorint

I guarantee at least one of these will exist in six months.

Am I missing something. I can sort of get it to half-work through WINE, but it’s nothing in comparison to native Mac or even Windows. Is there a native build or do I just have to know what I’m doing with the audio stack?

I just reduced my codebase by 100% and it’s now running infinitely faster! Thanks!