This looks like a great collection of things that are exactly what I'm looking for and I'm surprised I never saw this mentioned when I was looking for things.

Just a question. It says it's built around KDE. Will it work right on vanilla Debian without jumping through many hoops? I can get around quite well in the Linux world but some things still make me stumble.

I guess this is going to need the use of a mouse and so not suitable for the TV setup. But my child likes paint programmes so I'll figure out the best way to let them explore this without messing with my laptop. Thanks!

I'll definitely take this route if the wifi slot will not support the m.2 drive. Thanks for the suggestion.

I'll have to read up on what you mean using IR remotes to control a Pi through HDMI HEC. The computer I'm using has an DP output that I've used an adapter to feed to my TV HDMI. So I may not be able to use your setup. But it sounds novel and interesting so I would definitely like to learn more. Thanks.

Makes me think of George Clooney's scene in The Men Who Stare at Goats where he practices his powers by making the clouds scatter.

I stand with you for the subdomain and bare metal thing. There are many great applications that I'm facing trouble implementing since I don't have control over A domain settings within my setup. Setting mysite.xyz/something is trivial that I have full control over. Docker thing I can understand to some extent but I wish it was as simple as python venv kind of thing.

I'm sure people will come after me saying this or that is very easy but your post proves that I'm not alone. Maybe someone will come to the rescue of us novices too.

If this thread was a competition, you'd have my vote for the winner.

I'm not much into new year resolutions, but I think I'll make a conscious effort to learn Docker in the coming months. Any suggestions for good guides for someone coming from VM end will be appreciated.

I hate it very much. I am sure it is due to my limited understanding of it, but I've been stuck on some things that were very easy for me using VM.

We have two networks, one of which has very limited internet connectivity, behind proxy. When using VMs, I used to configure everything: code, files, settings on a machine with no restrictions; shut it down; move the VM files to the restricted network; boot and be happily on my way.

I'm unable to make this work with docker. Getting my Ubuntu server fetch its updates behind proxy is easy enough; setting it for python Pip is another level; realising the specific python libraries need special keys to work around proxies is yet another; figuring out how to get it done for Docker and python under it is when I gave up. Why can it not be as simple as the VM!

Maybe I'm not looking using the right terms or maybe I should go and learn docker "properly", but there is no doubt that using Docker is much more difficult for my use case than using VMs.

Kids YouTube channel Pinkfong has a cool video that highlights the use of classical music in kids rhymes and songs, that made me realise that it is no surprise many of these tunes are so catchy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIsyHeqpC1M

It is through one such music that I learnt about "An ode to Joy" and have been in love with the piece since.

Does Immich support deduplication of images? I have a large set of old scanned photos that I put on photoprism that has deduplication listed as one of its features. It puts photos in its own database.

Also, how is the face recognition of Immich when compared to others like photoprism?

Kevlar fibers are also used commonly in rocket/satellite manufacturing.