It is when you use a private tracker and disable DHT, Local Peer Discovery and Peer Exchange.

Yeah it’s a little strange. Swift is Apple’s own programming language, and there was an older Jellyfin app on iOS that didn’t use it and so wasn’t fully “native” in a similar way to how most social media apps are just a web browser.

There is a native Apple TV app, I didn’t migrate from plex until there was and I migrated over 18 months ago. It’s called Swiftfin.

I’m not behind a CGNAT and that’s completely free. I do pay for that IP to be static though, but that’s only ~$6.50/month (USD).

You’re right, I misspoke with the term anonymous, it’s actually pseudononymous the same as Lemmy or Reddit are. It’s not like there is a published index of names to wallet addresses.

That’s the point I was making. In Australia, wire transfers through your bank are free, attached to a phone number or email address (rather than account numbers), almost always instantaneous and 24/7.

Not really. Zelle seems to just be US banks implementing the payment and bank-to-bank transfer systems that other countries already have. Except, at least for Australia with our ‘Osko’ system it has the involvement of our Reserve Bank and is mandated to be supported universally, whereas Zelle is completely private. The traditional lack of that bank-to-bank transfer ability is why apps like Venmo and Cash App have been popular in the US, which I think explains why Zelle has had an app until last month, as consumers expect that, even though it’s owned by the major US banks.

Taler on the other hand seems to be “What if crypto but with fiat currency and also the recipients aren’t anonymous”.

Yeah I mean, rule 1 is that it needs to run Linux, so I don’t think a microcontroller like an ESP or Arduino is going to qualify…

Because lots of people don’t have an insert key?

I think that’s not quite right, otherwise you could say that Rufus is the same. Ventoy is a Live USB tool that allows you to drag and drop ISOs onto a storage device and boot them without needing to image the device at all. It has its own interface that it boots into, that lets you select which ISO to then boot up.

Lots of good answers to your other Qs here so I’m gonna focus on your last one. If you lack in-depth computer skills as much as I’m imagining, than I think the best distro for you would be Bazzite.

Firstly, I’m going to call out the users here suggesting Mint. Mint is only a good beginner distro for people that are already “early adopters” or tech-savvy to switch to Linux for the first time. When I first switched from Windows 10 on my desktop last year, I tried Mint. Keep in mind, I have extensive knowledge of the commandline and headless Debian from several years of running a homelab. I found it completely intolerable how much wasn’t intuitive, how difficult cinnamon was, how much set up was involved in getting graphics drivers working, and gaming going. It wasn’t that I’m incapable, it’s that I don’t want my gaming desktop to require that much tinkering just to play games. Let alone that I can’t imagine how steep that learning curve would be for a casual gamer with minimal tech skills.

That brings me to Bazzite. I switched back fully to Windows 10 for several months because of how disillusioned I was before learning about it. Bazzite is one of a handful of distros that have taken the SteamOS experience from the Steam Deck and tried to build on/improve it. It uses the KDE desktop environment, which is super similar to Windows 10 in look and feel. It includes everything you need for gaming right out of the box, including graphics drivers already installed, Steam as well, all of the frameworks and compatibility tools you need already configured. It’s immutable too, which means the system directories are locked down so you can’t accidentally break things. There’s a unified system updater that cover everything. The system, your applications, compatibility tools, all of it updated with just one click.

As well, games just work without needing special configuration. It’s truly the easiest to use distro for people switching from Win10 that just want to play games with their computer, maybe some internet browsing and email alongside that. You also don’t have to worry about stupid codec issues if you wanna watch youtube or streaming sites in the browser.

Seriously people, stop recommending Mint. All the folks who would be okay with the amount of tinkering it requires have already made the switch. If we want the less tech-savy gaming folks to be able to make the switch, we need to be recommending something that will just work out of the gates for them. Pushing them to distro-hop is just going to push them to Win11. Plus, the more that make that leap, the more likely game devs will have to target WINE, the less games will be borked. It’s already pretty minimal though, especially if it doesn’t use anti-cheat.

No, they’re included with, and updated by, the OS. But they are the proprietary ones that are available on Nvidia’s website.

I’m running Bazzite on KDE Wayland with the proprietary Nvidia drivers just fine. I think you’ve got another issue causing this.

MacOS actually does now support DX12: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-built-a-directx-12-translation-layer-for-apple-silicon.2391876/

Huh, thanks. That works from iOS to my Bazzite desktop flawlessly.

I would potentially give Ventoy a shot. Since it’s bootstrapping the iso after it’s already booted, you might have better luck. Even if you don’t want to install it that way for a secure system, it might help you with troubleshooting, because if it boots like that you can figure out what the difference is.

So is HDMI? Smaller connectors aren’t always better, and it’s not like it’s SCART size or something.

I can’t guarantee this, but I think most motherboards would fail safe if the dGPU is removed and give you the UEFI over the iGPU. If you’re worried about it, you could always change the setting, then remove your GPU to test what happens when you try to pull up the UEFI.

In general, I’d suggest being a bit more curious and playing around with stuff, even if more carefully. Like you said you didn’t understand the options for OpenRGB and it sounds like you didn’t try installing it at all to eliminate it as an option before posting. I understand being anxious but you’re not going to learn much if you’re not willing to muck up sometimes. It’s not like an app like OpenRGB is going to break your GPU or anything.

Yeah, it works with AMD as well.

I mean, I did read what they wrote. Remote desktop to iOS. Sending the desktop of the computer, to an iOS device. Nobody calls the home screen of a phone a “desktop”.