The SSH and VPN traffic is encrypted. Unless your private keys have been compromised, nobody can see what is going over the tunnel. They can log things like the IP addresses that are connecting to it and how much data is being transferred though.
Or self driving cars.
There’s always the option of using computer monitors or projectors.
Just install a VPN server on your computer or router. That’s all you need unless you’re stuck on CGNAT.
Unless the filament ships in a foil lined bag that’s vacuum sealed with desiccant and an indicator card, you should assume it’s wet.
You can get a free VPN from Proton.
Yeah, I definitely wouldn’t recommend putting something power hungry like a GPU in one of these. A NIC will be fine though.
The DE won’t really make much of a performance difference on a high end computer.
They are not USB based, they just happen to use a USB 3 cable to carry the PCIe signals.
If you don’t want to risk modifying the slot, try one of the cheap PCIe risers on amazon and send it back if it doesn’t work. You will need a case with a couple of extra slots under the motherboard in order to fit the riser in there though.
It will run slower, but that probably won’t be an issue unless you plan to max out all 4 ports simultaneously.
Linux native games are great as long as the engine is open source. If it’s closed source, it will eventually stop running on up-to-date distros some time after the developer stops updating it. For closed source games, it would be better to develop for excellent wine/proton compatibility so the game will continue to be playable long after it stops getting updates.
It’s easy if you use the right tool.
The K1 has root access and you can use whatever slicer you want. They are probably not the best machines if you want to install plain clipper though.
I’ve never had good luck with NFS on a high latency connection. SSHFS still works fine even if the server is on the other side of the planet.
SSHFS is secure and works well over the internet. If you only want to access it over the LAN, then NFS is a much better option.
The trick is to use autodl-irssi or autobrr to download the torrent the second it gets added to the tracker. As long as you have a very fast internet connection, you will usually be over 1:1 before it finishes downloading.
There’s also a PPA if you don’t want to use a flatpak. Just be sure to uninstall it before upgrading to Mint 23 to avoid any issues.
yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl, which was released in 2006.
Yes, a used PC can work great for a home server. Just don’t go too old or it will be power hungry. Obviously you will want one with an integrated GPU to save power too. If you want to run jellyfin, make sure it supports hardware video encoding, preferably AV1 or H.265.
If you format the btrfs partition, it will erase everything. You can just delete the old root subvolume and create a new one when installing a different distro though.