Lmao, Microsoft clearly says themes arent allowed to use scripts and the first thing this jackass does is admit to use obfuscated scripts in his theme. What a dick.
Cant answer for them, but if you use dietpi they have use the debian package set up with scripts to pull dependencies like a webserver and database automatically. It was very painless in my experience.
I'm currently using an i5 9500 and it runs good here too.
Note for OP though: If you don't need/want transcoding it'd be way cheaper to get an equivalent AMD CPU just because motherboards are hilariously expensive for an obsolete platform.
I used a RaspberryPi 4B for about 3 years. I connected storage over USB-3 to a pair of SATA SSDs. It handled everything pretty much flawlessly for two users and half a dozen devices. We even had multiple users on Plex. dietpi was brilliant for my first home server :).
Initial uploads may be slow depending on your storage layout but in my experience the requirements are super low.
If Linus is the only person keeping Linux from descending into corporate enshittification then the project is critically vulnerable already.
What if Linus steps back for personal reasons? What if he falls ill? What if a family member falls ill? What if he's ousted within the foundation? Linux cannot afford to have Linus being a single point of failure.
Just proves to me that this should've gone to remediation so much earlier. Losing three important contributors to the Kernel, because people were scared of involving the Code of Conduct Committee from the start, is a shit sandwich, regardless of whoever you want to blame for this.
I'm not gonna lose sleep over his departure but the Linux foundation could do a lot to improve the professionalism of the project instead of dumping money on chasing AI.
In terms of pricing, I find Hetzner is best for under 1TB, Backblaze for over 1TB. Both have great documentation for setting up any number of backup methods (SFTP, SSH, Rsync, Rclone, Borg, etc).
Rsync, Rclone, and Borg are all good options and some may be built into your choice of OS if you use a dedicated NAS system. Choose whatever is easiest for you.
The backups are gonna be encrypted in transit regardless of method, and Im pretty sure most backup providers encrypt data on their servers so you dont have to manage that I dont think.
When you commit to backups, IMO you should do them daily - Most backup clients have options for "sync" options which will ignore unchanged files and only upload changes, so a daily backup is not only more up-to-date but also more efficient once the first backup completes.
Oh nice, didnt know you could HW accel immich. I havent tried immich yet but im getting v tempted!
Going the dGPU is a good idea though, I gotta get in on that eventually.