do you have a ballpark figure of potential savings in $/€ per annum? and for what hardware? I remember calculating something similar and I don’t think I broke $20 in total, so promptly forgot about it.

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that’s pretty standard for laptop panels, most enterprise models (thinkpad, elitebook, etc.) ship with similar spec (6-bit, 256K colors, 200ish nits, 70ish sRGB). that’s what essentially this is, salvaged laptop panel + cheap controller board + plastic. for $50, it’s okay.

there are monitors with better specs (e.g. there’s a 16" one with purportedly 100% sRGB), but those are aliexpress specs so I wouldn’t put too much stock in those.

so one cable for both video and power via USB Type-C? phone, laptop, which model? tried it under wayland, issues? thanks

them monitors have standard HDMI in, so anything can drive them. for power, there are USB power inputs (a powerbank is easily taped to the back), and then another cable to relay touch. so, kinda cumbersome…

what’s way more interesting to me is that they have USB Type-C and there are youtube videos showing phones attached to them with a single cable transmitting video and power and relaying back touch input! not all phones support that, e.g. flagship samsungs do, the ones that support Dex.

question is, how does a laptop that supports DP-Alt handle that; there aren’t any videos of users achieving same functionality that way. like, if a phone can power it I’m sure a laptop with 10x the battery can do as well… or?

and then, there’s the main reason why this is in “Linux”… how and does it work with wayland and friends?

try it with a live USB with Gnome as it is way more touch friendly. Fedora latest recommended because the live USB has a Wayland session (older versions default to X11 and a buncha touch and transition features are Wayland-only).

as to seamless transition, no DE on linux is there yet. Gnome is way better than it was a year or two ago in that regard, but flakyness is still present, expecting the polish and reliability of Android or iPadOS isn’t realistic.

not a plex user but someone buried the lede here… to me, this is the neon sign that screams GTFO:

we noticed that you’ve accessed libraries in the past

what business of yours is it to notice my private comings and goings?! what other actionable intel do y’all keep in your logs?! bye!

I ran something similar a while ago; it automated the steps you’re describing so it downloaded every new video from the channels I’m subscribed to along with metadata. I gave that up as it’s hella inefficient. what I have now is just a media sink by way of macast and I can send videos for playback to my media PC. so if you don’t need those videos for archiving purposes, try it out.

don’t go with server variants of the OS. they are intended for boxes that work without display and keyboard, which you have. instead, install any normal distro you’re familiar with. it’s infinitely easier to fix something with the full GUI at your disposal.

this is just your first install, you will iterate, and through that process you’ll get better and leaner, in terms of underlying OS. think of it as training wheels on a bike, you’ll pull them off eventually.

wired connection only, leave wireless turned off, and assign it a static IP address.

don’t do containerS, do one container first. figure out where you’re gonna store the compose files, where it will store data, how you will back that data up, etc. then add another. does it fit into your setup? do you need to modify something? rinse. repeat.

casaOS, aside from it’s murky background (some chinese startup or sumsuch, forgot?) doesn’t provide that path forward nor allows you to learn something, too much hand holding.

good luck.