VSCod(ium). Jetbrains IDEs are arguably better (I’ve used this some in the past), but I like OSS and having all languages in one IDE (even though some languages may not be integrated as well as others).

Nextcloud is more featureful (more apps like notes and hardware 2fa support). That is currently holding me to NC.

OpenCloud (fork of OCIS not original OC) is very similar when it comes to core functionality, but is missing those few apps I do not want to let go of.

Also note that nextcloud stores files in a very natural manner, where your file names and directories are stored the exact same on disk as on the interface. Opencloud does not do that. This is particularly handy if one day the app just explodes and refuses to run. With NC, you can just copy the files off the disk. Not so easy with OC.

As a heads up, almost all OpenWRT routers function as managed switches with vlan capabilities. Not truly all, but a very good number.

Arch, because I use niche software and the AUR doesn’t always get along with Manjaro very well (ungoogled-chromium-bin is the worst offender). Switched to arch, configured it identically to my manjaro install, and all has been well.

Firefox (well, librewolf, but forks are a matter of personal preference).

Chrome (Ungoogled chromium) is used as a fallback for the occasional site that doesn’t work with my restrictive FF configuration.

Both have uBlock, though they’re configured differently to suit their individual purposes.

https://racknerdtracker.com/

You can tell git to use a specific key for each repo. I have the same situation as you and this is how I handle it.

https://superuser.com/questions/232373/how-to-tell-git-which-private-key-to-use

Return for refund or replacement. If you’re even slightly concerned about WD giving you trouble, but know eBay/the seller won’t, just go that path since it’s still available.

As a heads up, EDMC runs natively on Linux well, or at least it did the last time I used it. See https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Installation-&-Setup#linux-with-steam-play

Since you’ve got it running in wine just fine, I personally wouldn’t change anything, but if you have issues in the future, you can try that.

The main donate block of items is here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/components/common.tsx#L129

Follow the chain and you’ll see it’s just using the progress html element.

It seems to be manually updated.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/donation_stats.ts

Since you’re new, I’d recommend just using the old PC to start and get comfortable. Once you’re sure you want to invest some money, you can either build it buy yourself something more energy efficient if you’re super concerned about that.

As for the best OS, just any server OS will do. I run Rocky Linux which is a RHEL derivative, but you can also try TrueNas or anything else you want. Even Windows Server would work if you wanted to go that path.

There are many paths you can take, and which you go down depends heavily on personal preference and the desired use of your system.

They’re good. My yubikey works flawlessly, though very few sites/apps support them.

My experience is only with Lemmy.

Pros:

• My app functions

Cons:

• Significantly reduced amount of content
• Most of my content from Reddit is not available here or has an incredibly small community
• A tremendous number of posts are polarized to the point of being aggressive
• A disturbingly large number of openly suicidal comments (Eg. “I see no reason to live except…” )
• Seemingly every climate-related post has someone stating “eat the rich” as a solution to the climate

Overall, mostly negative, but since the alternative for me is nothing (my Reddit client of choice doesn’t work), it’s still better than nothing and is something to scroll through briefly while on the toilet.

I use KeePassXC, but am assuming KeePass is very similar.

You’ll have a single file on your machine that is your encrypted password database. Syncing is not handled by KeePass and is your responsibility.

If you want to sync only when you get home, as long as your sync app that is fine with it, KeePass won’t know or care.

Keep in mind if you make changes on two devices without keeping them in sync, one will probably get overwritten unless you take special care to handle it. (My sync app warns me, then I take both conflicting files and in the KeePass app, I can merge them to solve the conflict without data loss.)

Excuse me what the fuck?

Infinity broke, so now I have something new to scroll through while on the toilet.

No reputable registrar requires you to run an executable on your machine. JavaScript is as far as it’ll get.

I’m sure many registrars work without JS, but if I had to be sure of any one in particular, it’d be Njalla. They even have an onion site and accept monero, so they almost certainly function without JS.

At least be honest and say this post is an ad.