Oh no! Anyway …

Thanks, I didn’t know that.

That’d work too but booting into game mode first would be a bit of a curve ball for many newbs.

If the recommendations for Mint do not work, I’d try a different distribution with an easier path to install nvidia drivers, namely one that has the open nvidia drivers included in the ISO.

PopOS and Ubuntu do this.

I’d avoid CachyOS for Linux newbs as it is bleeding edge and can be difficult to manage.

Same.

Selling IP address info. Huh.

The sunken cost of buying a plexpass on sale for 39 dollars 15 years ago.

Yeah I’m no data retention expert but that is a huge risk.

In keeping an eye on it. I use a rinky dink asustor solution for my photo storage and backups. It’s cludgy as all heck.

Usual precautions apply, the app does not bury the lede:

The project is under very active development. Expect bugs and changes. Do not use it as the only way to store your photos and videos!

That’s it. Half the benefit of Plex is that my library is easily accessible on my mobile and downloadable, but Plex chose a very weird Plexamp UX for downloaded content. Instead of using the tried and true music UX, they chose a fricking list that isn’t indexed. I don’t want to use different programs or systems for the very standard ways people listen to music.

I love Plex, but Plexamp leaves a lot to be desired. In my use case, especially for folks with bad mobile service and/or spotty wifi or folks who don’t want to be hitting their servers as frequently. I just want a good UX for downloaded music off my server.

If it works well for you, don’t worry about it. The matrix will show what kind of support improvements you might expect over the standard kernel.

You might want to look at Surface Kernel for Linux. The link below shows their matrix of features on various Surface products and support within the Surface for Linux kernel. You would install Ubuntu and then install these updates to make Surface hardware function better. They have a lot of bespoke hardware in their laptops and tablets that aren’t supported by the Ubuntu Linux Kernel out of the gate. https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Supported-Devices-and-Features#feature-matrix