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If you go with your option A, you could virtualize the windows install and run it inside of the truenas or other os using qemu.

You would still need to have enough drives for a new array, but that was always going to be the situation

It’s just from my phone. I have all the notifications off from the original app

https://docs.mau.fi/bridges/go/setup.html?bridge=whatsapp

Or if you prefer docker

https://docs.mau.fi/bridges/general/docker-setup.html?bridge=whatsapp

Proxmox backup server is my jam, great first party deduplicated incremental backups. You can also spin up more than 1 and sync between them

Once in a while discord signs me out and I have to do a bunch of extra sign-in steps on the official client. But otherwise I have discord, WhatsApp, Google voice, Google chat, Google messages (sms), Facebook, telegram, signal.

All the mautrix bridges are will made and robust

There will also be a Steam Deck 2: Episode 1 and Steam Deck 2: Episode 2

So, one thing that’s not clear here. Is the server and your desktop both at the same location? If they are I see no reason why you couldn’t just leave all the files on the server, have an NFS or Samba share then just stop it on the server and start it (over the network share) on your desktop. It would be functionally seamless, would require no effort to keep the files in sync, and would ensure your running things in the box you want.

Ha indeed, every room in the house is getting 2 faceplates (on roughly opposite sides of the room) with 4 Ethernet that runs each back to the server rack. Is every room having 8 runs right back to the switch excessive, you bet.

In my old place I had one faceplate with 2 ethernet, coax and phone to each room, but phone and coax is useless and I didn’t have enough Ethernet.

Top to Bottom:

• 48port Patch panel
• Cisco 2990 48 port Poe
• 48port Patch panel (future)
• Cisco 2990 48 port Poe (future)
• 24 port patch panel (spare)
• Pfsense 2.5gb eth minipc
• 4u server 20 bay (proxmox)

Bottom area:

• 2 mini pcs (proxmox)
• PiKVM and ezcoo switch connected to all PCs
• Couple of UPS

The access to the crawlspace isn’t great so the CrapRack ^tm had to be assembled in the crawlspace.