I don’t know enough about them but how much vendor lock-in is there usually? Could I use a distribution of my choosing, or even add an extra NIC?

That’s the info I’m looking for. I wasn’t considering I would need 2.5’’ instead of 3’', besides glueing is not great That idle power is awesome though and why I was looking into SFF

I don’t need much redundancy, as I have off-site backups and in case something goes wrong I don’t need to restore the files quickly

I mean I could go the DIY route but I’m guessing it’s going to be more expensive?

Thanks for your answers. I wasn’t able to get what I wanted to work but that’s because the device used broadcast for discoverability which doesn’t work through subnets. I pivoted to something else

It depends on your needs. I have minis that cost <100$ and have others that cost 500$. My cheapest mini has currently 3TB of backups of my personal things, so it serves my needs very cheaply. I don’t need a GPU so it keeps the costs down.

They are power and space efficient, and usually very quiet. That’s fascinating enough.

Lots of beer and a book

Either a troll or a just man child

Hey man why the rudeness? We’re just trying to have a conversation …

You’re the one who mentioned 2013. My point in the original comment was about now. It wasn’t mentioned explicitly but I meant it

Yes really. You know how much I paid, initially, for Jellyfin, et al, and had them working in an afternoon?

Exactly, open source is always worth the extra effort, if any, to get things working. Contribute!

Linux

But unfortunately its very common for people to change phones often

That’s great to hear thank you! I think I’m going for this machine.

With that I agree, it should be a option to buy one.

That’s good advice thank you!

How is that bad? Go to your drawer and use one of the dozens you’ll have accumulated over the years

How’s power consumption on it?