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  • It might not exactly fit your scenario, but maybe consider a mini PC. Many streaming services work in a web browser, so you could check that all yours are available that way beforehand. I’m partial to Beelink but many companies have similar offerings. Little, quiet or fanless, low power usage.

    Costs are a bit higher initially, though it’ll likely have security updates longer than an Android box like the Onn one, and having more RAM might lend to that longevity in that role as well.

    A mini PC gives you options like switching to Linux, running an arr stack for ditching streaming etc., that might seem worthwhile.












  • softcat@lemmy.catoLinux@lemmy.mlThe power of Linux
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    3 days ago

    Previous versions of Windows only permitted drive encryption in their premium tiers, and it seems like the current one possibly requires a TPM chip for it, so a lot of hardware won’t even support it. So basically greed or greed.

    For what it’s worth it’s not always a default with Linux installations either. There’s a usually minor performance hit, though I can’t say it ever bothered me. Personally I have less fear of bad actors obtaining physical access than I do myself breaking something catastrophically and losing my access, so I don’t use it now.