I mean, I was, because the goal was to make a star…

Chaotic neutral also if it comes with one of those wire twist ties, ain’t nobody got time for that. Only plastic clips get reused.

Nah. My older 1080p stuff remains, but I just do 4k only now. Media server is powerful enough to transcode to 1080 on the fly for any device that can’t handle 4k, or for slower network conditions.

I use Linux Mint, mostly because I’m familiar with it. If I was to redo it, I would likely just run Debian.

I like SearXNG

Dunno if it’s been delisted since, but I installed it on all my Rokus and Roku TVs a few weeks back without issue.

NoMachine has Android and Windows clients.

I use NoMachine between windows and Linux and I’m happy with it. According to their site they support MacOS.

I also try and ignore energy costs and prevent ewaste: my home server is my three builds back gaming PC with a lower power GPU shoved into it. Whenever I build a new main gaming PC my old one becomes my wife’s gaming PC, and her old PC is rebuilt into the home server.