you don’t need to know how the ISP network works, you only need some networking concepts. Subnets/addressing and very basic routing (for a basic setup). You won’t even need firewall rules if you don’t host anything at your place (that needs to be accessed from outside)

the question is: why do you want to move on from the Rpi4? Also, how do you plan to handle video decoding 0f x265/av1 streams? Do those miniPCs have a video card with hardware transcoding capabilities? If you plan to do it on software (i.e. CPU transcoding) the CPUs will run hot most of the time.

Simplex chat, encrypted anonymous platform.

Surprised no one mentioned simplex yet. So whatsapp, matrix (personal server, for family and as a bridge to whatsapp), and simplex.

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you might want to look at mailcow if you want to self-host your email server

(almost) anything is possible with a CIA black fund budget. I’ve moved to Simplex chat and not looked back.

They keep doing business in Russia

https://www.reuters.com/article/beiersdorf-russia-idINS8N2TL07Y/

Absolutely this, nothing else is required. Well, maybe alertmanager if you want to receive alerts

Well, could also be PSU or MB. Had both of them fail with those symptoms

I’ve run it in containers, never used that many resources. The whole server (running a few dozen containers) was 32gb, and it wasn’t impacted in any sensible way.

Or with opnsense as well

That is true, I didn’t consider that as I don’t use them.

Headscale and zerotier as well

You can selfhost it on a vps with headscale

I know exactly what you mean. Just for general information, I’ve found another android client that I think it’s better than Conversations. It’s called Monocles chat (and it’s on f-droid). On matrix/xmpp I install the whatsapp bridge. I can convert a few close family members but no way everyone. For me it’s an acceptable compromise. I get the close members to use my servers/apps, everyone else through the bridge so I can at least have all the chat in one place

Why not host your own git repo (e.g. gitea) so you can do 2 or 4 without opening services outside?

The chat server (matrix and xmpp have different ones, but same functionality) that act like a whatsapp desktop client. Have you ever run whatsapp desktop client on your pc, where you have to pair it with your phone? Same thing, but you do it withing a special “bridge” (usually as a bot) in matrix or xmpp. So you get all the messages in one place. But it doesn’t work for calls, just for messages.

Frienda no, but I do use whatsapp bridges so I can have all conversations in one place.

Family with extreme nagging, and because I’m the IT guy of the house so they kinda trust me/can’t be bothered to try and out-talk me.

Gajim on pc (I use arch btw - well endeavourOS because I can’t be bothered) and don’t remember what on android (there is the full list or clients and capabilities on xmpp.org)