The repacks are compressed, so your computer has to do a lot of work decompressing the files. As long as you're downloading from the real website https://fitgirl-repacks.site/, then you should be good. It'll just take a while.
I've put together two servers for self hosting a lot of services for myself, rather than relying on platforms that continually get worse.
The one on top, a retired Datto backup machine, hosts TrueNAS scale with a bunch of different services (Pihole, Jellyfin, Immich, etc.) and our network shares. The bottom one, Dell PowerEdge R620, runs Fedora server. I plan to use it for locally hosted game servers, but it just runs Minecraft (AllTheMods 10).
I've used knowledge I've gained in the IT space to set up the networks, and even have a VLAN running for an Ubuntu server VM of which I host for a coworker to learn on.
The episodic rollout of SQ42 is presumed to be a way to inject new cash into the studio alongside reported plans to release higher priced ships and the rumored third game.
What?... Higher priced ships? You've got to be joking...
One of my favorite ships in the game, the Drake Corsair, is already $250. It's a great all-rounder, but it's not even a large ship comparitively! And they're going to start charging more for the newer ships?!
They just released a new ship as well, the RSI Zeus MKII, which is yet another $175. And that doesn't even mention some of the larger ships like the Anvil Carrack, sitting at an insane $600, and the Origin 890 Jump at $950...
And if that's not bad enough, they've had concept ships for years available for purchase in the $1,500-$2,000 range. How can these ships get more expensive?
Nah, you're good. Just an efficient algorithm that's doing its job.