I liked Yunohost more than CasaOS or Tipi. It explained every step the way I liked. I never tried Cosmos.

People love the easy backups of full VMs…

Randomware should be a thing!

Hey, this is exactly what I wish to accomplish.

I haven’t found any readymade device either…

I have bought all the parts needed, but like you, I don’t have the patience/time to put them together.

2.5 Admins is tangential…

I use tailscale. Install extension on HA, client on phones and laptop… 10 minutes job.

I run a Celeron J1900 SFF PC. It has only 2 SATA ports, and doesn’t boot off PCI-E. I have used USB drives, but that’s not optimal. I try out new things on a laptop.

Now I’m also looking to upgrade.

Used workstations have SATA ports, but usually have Xeons in them, i think that means no QuickSync. And if they sell it with an old Quadro card, that’s too much for just a few video streams.

New builds get expensive fast. Also not many nice cases that are cheap.

Dedicated NASes are expensive because of the software and services they offer, but I don’t need those.

This is how far I’ve gotten, so I’m looking forward to seeing what other people have to say about it.

Dynamic Kernel Module Support.

Arch wiki:

The concept is to have DKMS modules automatically rebuilt when a new kernel is installed.

Nice!

When I change my server, I always start from scratch, hoping that it will come out better.

I don’t know what I’m expecting, it was always working well…

I’ve seen this behavior mentioned on phones (Google, Samsung). They have a chip for the basic tasks, but for heavier stuff (e. g. images) they call home.

They sell their own hub, I don’t think you can get more compatible then that.