Gnome because it is the default in my district, works right out of the box and I'm too old to fart around with customizing things anymore.

I just want to get to work.

Has anyone tried selfhosting ente photos? Curious how well it works.

Terra Master has a six bay DAS.

https://www.terra-master.com/us/products/homesoho-das/d6-320.html

I love my Framework. It may not feel as polished physically as the XPS. If you can find one in the wild to touch and try, I would recommend doing so.

Screenshots shouldn't be optional, and if dark and light themes are provided in the app, then show both. It'll help users decide to try out the app. In my opinion, a lack luster presentation will discourage potential users.

I do lean towards the guidelines being enforced. As a user, it'll give me more confidence in flatpaks.

If that is the case, then you should be very happy to leave Linux for a proprietary OS that Nvidia works on and properly supports.

• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Roman Holiday

A good start would be to implement quarter tiling by dragging window to screen corner, like half tiling is done by dragging to screen edge.

I have a 3840x2160 monitor specifically so that I can have four windows open at the best size for their content (email, document, web browse, and terminal) and can avoid the use of workspaces and see everything at once. Having to manually resize and place windows is a pain.

I'll add my voice to the chorus and recommend Proxmox. I've never tried xcp-ng; it looks nice and I'm interested, but Proxmox has worked well for me.

If there are drivers available for download, use Windows or another computer to save to a USB drive, then install them in Linux. It's been a long time since I've had to do that.

Don't let elitism ruin the adventure for you. Enjoy your success while you take time to learn other crap.

My useless advice: Do it in phases as you learn.

• Start off with Yunohost. It is simple to get started and works pretty well. Try different apps to see what you like and what might be worth using for real. Just make sure that you keep in mind this is more of a "proof of concept" for testing things. Unless you plan to purchase another mini pc later.
• When you feel like you have out grown it and want to start learning more about things, you can move to something like Proxmox. This allows you to create virtual machines and play with containers (docker/lxc). If you plan well, you can back up your Yunohost data and configs to another drive, wipe Yunohost install and replace it with Proxmox. Then install a VM running Yunohost and restore your data and configs you previously backed up.
• Then you can start playing with lxc containers and docker containers.
• If you can get a second machine with multiple drives, install TrueNAS or OMV. Use that to store all of your data on NFS drive that you mount from your Proxmox VMs and containers.

Years ago I used to run a linux server with everything installed under Apache virtual directories and fought the constant upgrade cycle. Life got in the way and I gave up on it until the pandemic slowed life down enough for me to start playing again. So I went the Yunhost route on an old Mac Mini. I now have a 3 node Proxmox cluster with Yunhost in a VM (with a dozen apps running on it) and another 15-20 containers running under either lxc or docker. I eventually purchased a cheap NAS device for data storage so that I could make use of the Proxmox fail over capabilities.

If your mini pc has the capability for two drives, install the OS on one and store data on the other (unless/until you get a second pc/NAS).