Clusterfck

Well luckily for us all it's not :-)

Most ISPs (especially smaller ones it seems) just run a basic DHCP server with leases expiring at a set interval. As long as your stuff is on and working when the lease renews, you'll pull the same IP forever.

Dang. Not the company I was hoping.

If they're using an eero router, I'm going to assume you'll just have an ethernet cable from an ONT then into the router. Ask the installer if you need to use the eero or can you install your own router. That may alleviate some of your concerns.

I work for an ISP and self host. I have more things in place to track my usage than any ISP would put just because I make myself the guinea pig for new equipment and want to know exactly what is happening. You will never use a full 8 gig (at least as of now, obviously in the future that will change). If the extra money isn't an issue do it, but if you can "girl math" the $30 price difference, stick with that for a year and spend the extra $360 you saved on multi-gig networking equipment, that's what I'd do.

Yes please. What is QRD? Don't need much details, just a quick intro.

Going from 100 Mbps to even a gigabit, if you're self hosting, is going to be a huge difference. If you want my opinion, save yourself some money, go with the lowest speed over a gigabit and gradually buy equipment with the money you'd save compared to the 8 gigabit plan.

As for the router, can you either send a picture of it from the ISPs website or name the ISP? With 8 gig being the maximum, you're going to be on XGS PON and I have a hunch I know what equipment you're getting, but want to make sure I'm right.

Agreed. Targeting handhelds with good controller support and also no DRM (or at the least, Proton friendly) is more important to me as a consumer than a native Linux version.

Any company that doesn't make everything free is terrible obviously. Never mind the fact that a major company is making an effort to not just use, but improve and support Linux for consumers in a huge way.

Screw them for not doing more for FOSS software I guess.

That part came from talking about Valve opening SteamOS up to more than just the Steam Deck or other OEM partner devices.

Valve will "let you" download an image and slap it on a desktop, laptop, smart toaster, or any other x86 based computer.

At the very least, the big laptop manufacturers making Linux handhelds means just from a cost cutting and resource perspective, there's a good chance laptop and desktop hardware support improves even further just because they reuse parts across devices.

Hell, NVIDIA is probably watching this and wishing they'd supported Linux better in the past because now they have some catching up to do.

I've had Jellyfin and Plex running using the same media directory for a couple years now. I think I had to make a couple small changes for things like seasons of a TV show to show up correctly, but nothing incredibly difficult. Definitely worth setting up and playing with periodically so when you do finally get sick of Plex, you're ready to just switch.

Only thing I use Plex for exclusively now is when I'm flying, Plex has the Netflix style download option and Jellyfin just downloads the video file. I like Plex's way better just from personal preference.

To be fair, I think all the extra work he did do helped the luck come to him. He was constantly working and looking to get those roles, so when they did come around, he was ready to take the opportunity. Luck is still the dominant factor, but working to be ready to take advantage of the chance was important too.

Sounds like people in charge got caught up in a dick swinging contest.