There are also fan made graphics packs for the free version but they are not nearly as good as the steam version.

You should be fine as long as you aren’t trying to play 4k, there is an additional feature where you can disable transcoding as an option in Plex.

Check out this guide if you want to go down the docker rabbit hole.
https://trash-guides.info/Hardlinks/How-to-setup-for/Docker/

This is likely because the app has been cached by the OS and then once it loads realizes it needs to prompt for authentication again. I see the same thing happening with work apps like teams and Outlook where it opens to what I had been previously looking at before locking and asking for authentication.

Been using it as my daily driver for ~2 years now and it’s been great. The arch-keyring needed to be updated first was annoying but I believe they solved that in the last year since I haven’t had any issues with that.

It’s not something I would trust my mother to be able to setup but if you are a regular Linux user then it shouldn’t be too hard for you.

I can’t wait to reserve some compute time for when the ocean data center is getting wind power.

Google still runs a good chunk of my life and some of it I know I could use some of the great alternatives that others have mentioned but some of it I’m not really sure about.

Namely:
Maps
Messenger (web browser access to my texts)
Contact sync and backup
Google voice
And all the various services that let my phone operate…

There are a ton of guides on how to setup an arr stack and Plex if your willing to spend some time figuring it out.

I still have some issues with Bing from time to time but as far as I can tell that’s because they are changing stuff and the SearXNG devs just need to push a fix.

+1 to self hosting or using a vps.

Since you don’t need an off the shelf mesh you could definitely go with just regular access points, check out ruckus and ubiquity (they have cloud stuff but it’s completely optional) used stuff on ebay. You can just setup each access point with the same SSID and password and your devices will pick the best one for the most part. You could also play with broadcast strength if they overlap too much.

AdGuard and Pihole are both dns based btw.

Are you looking for a mesh wifi setup or can you run an Ethernet cable to each location you want an access point? If you can’t run a cable to each spot then an off the shelf mesh wifi system is still your best bet, there may be some that are less cloud connected but they are meant to be dead simple so that usually means an app and a cloud service of some sort.

If your just looking for an alternative to content and ad filtering for the kids I would recommend AdGuard for a partner friendly setup and Pihole for a more enthusiast setup.