Looks more like a cooking stove than a gaming console. Or does it run hot enough to fry eggs on it?

It is not per se “locking out other devices”. More likely, it does only know it’s own devices and how to use them.

I’m hosting on an desktop PC. Basically my old machine, but freshly installed with Ubuntu server and a few HDDs added.

CC TLDs usually ask for proof of residence.

When there were ISP-owned routers, I just set a private router on the inside. As long as their box does their job, mine did work for me.

Good that it don’t need this.

Basically, I do. Kubuntu everywhere. Only exception are the servers that run a UI less version of Ubuntu.

Yes, but opening a lock by just hitting it with a hammer or holding a magnet to it is a new kind of low.

The LPL has shown often enough that his skills are not needed in all cases.

If you don’t need a good lock, any smart lock will do. Just watch the videos by the Lockpicking Lawyer on YT. Those “smart” locks are rather horrible. For most, you don’t even need lock picks.

Don’t know about Fedora. And you would have to do odd things to bloat any Linux distribution anywhere near a Winslop system.

My son had a netbook with win10 and office. This ate 27 of the 32 GB the thing had. An “important update” of 8 GB did not work, putting the device in a download and fail cycle.

I installed Linux on this machine - Kubuntu, with LibreOffice and a load of extra software. Took only about 4 GB of space.

Windows on ARM? That’s a thing they waste money on?

If it randomly locks up, try memtest86. It can often be found as a boot alternative in Linux installation images, but it is probably available solo.

While I’m not a gamer, I’m a Linux user from kernel version 0.97.

I shut my system down for hardware changes, when the electrician is working, and when I go on holidays. I reboot after kernel updates.

As someone who has experienced double failure twice in my lifetime, I seriously recommend doing backups.

The problem is that the only serious backup solution is another HDD for this size. A robot array for tapes or worm drives is probably out of budget.

Thanks for the update, I somehow missed that.

TeX. Best documented source, and last bug found was 12 years ago.

I came from SuSE, which defaults to KDE, so KUbuntu is my distro of choice.

Fun fact: this week, a coworker saw my laptop screen and asked: Is that Windows 11? :-)

Watch the “Lockpicking Lawyer” on YT and see how quickly he opens such locks. For many smart locks you don’t even need picking skills. A lot open to combing or raking, Or simply apply a strong magnet at the right place.

I think my old scope still has this bus. Well, it also has Windows 98…