I can say, at least in government, that open source is almost entirely used as a cost-saving measure, but it’s implemented so poorly (by the time a piece of software makes it through the proper channels for verification, it’s already several major releases behind. Which explains why CentOS is still so prevalent) that the general opinion becomes “open-source is just a cheap substitute for a superior commercial product.”

My wife loves the shopping ads and always complains when the Pi-Hole blocks them.

Thankfully (weird to say), the current political climate has her worried about being tracked online and she’s finally opening up to the idea of proper privacy.

A couple years ago my in-laws were downsizing after retiring and they asked if I would possibly have any use for their ancient desktop PC (at least old enough to have shipped with Windows 7).

I installed Debian on it and it’s running Jellyfin, qBittorrent through Gluetun, Calibre-web, NextCloud, and Pi-Hole containers, with plenty of room to spare. I’ve also got some services running on Raspberry pis (back when they were cheap). And an external 4TB hard drive connected to it acting as a NAS. No hardware transcoding or 4K video on Jellyfin but that’s no big deal for me.

All that to say yes, you can absolutely self-host on repurposed hardware. Any old PC you’re looking at is no doubt newer than mine.

In case you needed more proof that AI is a bubble.

At least he kept it consistent with males

Half of your secret key pair is just out there for any one in the public to see! Which enables MASSIVE FRAUD!!

Really? We had a family game night last night with the purchased digital edition of Until Dawn just fine.

I have my qbittorrent container set up the same way, no issues. Only minor inconvenience I have now is having to manually renew my subscription every month because they stopped storing payment information (good!).