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Sorry hon - you've hit your doll quota.

PDF gear is free (for now) and excellent

Late to the party, but I've read that OP is going to be the sole admin. Do Not Do This. I admire what you are trying to do, but ultimately, you will have no rest, no vacation, no backup for yourself. The hardware & software aren't the issue here - it is the human support of those services. You will put a single point of failure on yourself, and likewise your peers.

Many of the FOSS projects you mentioned have commercial services. SAAS exists for a reason. By subscribing to those services as a business, you underwrite their ability to provide the software for free to the community. It's a win-win.

hot take - stop buying disposable trash

I just use SMB shares on my NAS. Why over think it?

Was looking at Silverblue and then found Universal Blue. Much easier: https://universal-blue.org/

He deserves all the flak, but we need to accept and encourage people who are changing their mind or we're all fucked.

There are localized efforts to remediate this, https://www.mamacertified.org/ for example.

That didn't last long.

I'd choose this over axe throwing, but still prefer bowling. There are smart phone apps that "tech enable" your dart board at home.

This has been going on since the early 1990s. Just keep up the fight.

check out OPNsense routers and use your existing equipment only as access points. You can then make firewall rules to block them from phoning home. protectli sells some inexpensive models.