You guys sure are a thirsty lot.

Took me way too long to figure out this stuff is called B Cache FS and not BCA Chefs.

Obviously. I use Mint, by the way.

It took me over a year too. I was using a mini PC with Mint but still kept my old Windows PC under my desk. When I built a new PC, it never got defiled, though.

Step one: back up your data.

Step two: back up your data again.

Ubuntu has been making quite a few missteps lately that have cost it a lot of popularity.

Take it slow. Install a VM with Mint. Play around with it. Get familiar. Move your regular usage over to it gradually. Make the jump when you are ready. It’s perfectly OK to have reservations about a big change like that. But you don’t have to do it all in one go.

I really want to see that email.

Can’t decide if aneurysm posting or non-native speaker.

You can use the stock cooler it comes with. That’s said to be a bit loud so any cheap tower cooler will do. But the 5600 is way overpowered for a home server. And you’d need one with a built in GPU, like the 5600G. While having more power than needed is not a bad thing, this baby will suck quite a bit of electricity so it’s more expensive to run. Unless you really need the power, I’d look at an Intel N150 or N200.

Nooooo! Don’t shake the table!

You gotta embrace the jank! Also, he’s got them in some kind of stand. That looks reasonably stable to me.

Give this man a rack, now!

Heresy! Get the torches and pitchforks!

Using a machine like this just as a NAS is a bit of waste. It’s a full blown PC that would work very nicely as a home server for Jellyfin etc. The RAM will limit the utility, though.

Yeah that’s just so dumb. Also, i wouldn’t be comfortable with the OS on eMMC storage. That’s hardly known for reliability. So close and yet so far.

I second Mint. I’ve installed it on my laptop with zero issues, although that thing is pretty old so your mileage may vary on newer hardware. But mint comes with pretty up to date kernels these days so it’s definitely worth a try.

You’d likely need all kinds of cryptographic keys to get anywhere with that. Tesla is unlikely to ever publish those, even if they go bankrupt.

Yes, do donate to FOSS projects. At least that money will go to people who do the actual work and not to pad corporate profits.

If your employer requests it, they’ll pay for it. If you need to pay yourself, it’s likely a scam.