If you ran this as a non-root user then you didn't move any system files you just made some copies. Delete the new copies and you should be fine.

If your use case is to have a nice media sever at home and while traveling (via tailscale or similar) without exposing your private data, Jellyfin is great.

If your use case is running a pirate tv service for other people, then you probably want something else.

The updates are automatic. They seem to have rolled their own desktop environment. Not sure which distro. The main selling point was that I don't need to maintain it for him. I am registered as his "tech buddy" so they contact me if something needs to be done hands on. In 3 years no issues/calls so far.

The vast majority of people have no experience installing an OS and likely never will.

The typical user uses whatever is preinstalled when the get the hardware.

My father-in-law wrecked his windows pc with malware over and over so I bought him a Wow PC https://www.mywowcomputer.com/ and he loves it. I don't think he has any idea its running linux.

Every project eventually makes their own package manager. Its pretty insane if you stop and think about how routinely the package manager is re-invented.

It seems like the author is confusing open source with Open Source. The latter has a formal definition which includes a lot more than simple access to source code.

I also agree that no one is entittled to free support or enhancements, bugfizes, etc.

Pro Tip: Never quote ChatGPT. Use it to find the real source of info and then quote that.

Start protecting your privacy by not visiting the Verge and the 876 partners they share your personal data with.

They are suggested for restaurants because people don't linger very long as they aren't comfortable.

Thats a lot of bug fixes!

I use Void Linux on my home servers and I really like it. Clean , small, and stable.

The majority of tech startups are super chaotic and barely keeping things running. More than you would ever imagine.