Asus *shrug*

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“older hardware”

The T480 can’t be older than from 2018.

That’s only 8 years, we are no longer in the 90s, computers can last much longer than that now. :D

Dino, my favourite chat client, it just works.

Doctor Who Linux, when?

/dev/tardis would be a symlink to /dev/zero, cause it’s bigger on he inside.

They’re online already.

This is what BlackBerries did, a while ago. I wish we had something like that nowadays.

Perhaps consider looking at the Debian wiki to see whether there’s any advice for thise model and see whether the Mac iso file Debian provides can help you.

What are those Niri and DMS things?

Somehow this image reminds me of Gravity Falls. I miss the show.

The kernel does not have good UX, as it’s not something you use directly.

Name a specific distribution and desktop UI combination, then we can discuss that.

But generalising all of them as just “Linux sucks” does not help, as they’re very diverse.

I use Debian. It just works and is reliable.

The repo’s README references several LLMs…

Perhaps managing large – even huge – projects via mailing lists is not the best idea.

Denian Stable. It just works.

I can’t recommend Stalwart enough.

It also does CalDAV and CardDAV and some other things… But even JMAP, which is like IMAP, but modern and not as weird.

Ltt.rs supports it on Android, it’s a lot faster and works well. Author is the same as for Conversations, THE Android XMPP client.

Stalwart is simple to set up and works reliably.

Looks cool, although all of the examples are things I’d just do quickly once I notice it needs doing and I believe planning those might increase the work load.

But I can see a use-case for other tasks, those that I tend to forget. Might give it a try. :)

Also, I cam highly recommend inwx.com, they are cheap and competent, give you lots of options and support is great. Don’t use them for hosting, though, they do it but it’s not their main business and expensive.

Do i need WHOIS privacy?

We cannot tell you what level of privacy you need.

BTW, for example .eu domains only have an emailaddress public in Whois and your preferred language. In that case I’d say there is good privacy.

Do i need SSL support?

Yes, just configure TLS for anything that you host. Letsencrypt exist, after all. It doesn’t even cost you anything.

What else should i know before committing to buying a domain

If you ever use it for email, do not get rid of it. Just in case you later need to receive an email and to stop others from receiving your emails.

Do i need to use my actual details when registering a site? I dont like the idea of anyone being able to look up my personal information just because I have a domain for a server (but perhaps thats just the price of admission)

No need to enter valid data when registering a domain. If your data is invalid, many if not most NICs will revoke the domain. They require valid data to know who the customer is.

Thank you for this, I immediately thought of Don’t Break Debian, when I saw that reply.