If the file is on an SSD and trim is enabled, the blocks will be erased eventually.

I wouldn’t even want to pirate it. I like LibreOffice a lot better.

There is a workaround to run Waydroid on X11, so you can still run it even if Wayland doesn’t support your window manager.

What distro has ddc/ci support out of the box? I’ve always had to install a DKMS module to get an external monitor to show up in /sys/class/backlight.

The monochrome and newer color Brother printers usually work fine without installing any drivers. If it supports IPP Everywhere, it will definitely work fine. It’s the older color printers that usually need the proprietary driver for full support.

It would probably make a good terminal if it had an RS-232 serial port. The CM5 would be overkill for that. A Pi Zero would be sufficient and a lot less power hungry.

There’s no way I’m going to be doing much typing on that tiny keyboard though.

Have you tried using a different DNS server? The one you’re using could be blocking it. Try using DNS over HTTPS.

Any IoT type devices should be on their own network where internet access is by whitelist only. They should only have access to what they need to function and nothing more. Ideally, they should all be used with self hosted services so internet access is not needed.

Mobile games usually aren’t controllable with a keyboard and mouse. Being able to run them doesn’t do much good if you can’t control them. Most of the games aren’t even worth playing. They are infested with micro transactions, which are much worse than ads.

Bluray drives have been working great in Linux for a long time. You can use xorriso or growisofs to burn disks from the CLI.

Just keep in mind that burned disks are not reliable for long term storage. Cheap disks burned at high speed can degrade within a few years.

An extension cord running to another room would be enough if the minor electrical work only needs a circuit to be switched off.

The UPS will keep it running long enough to switch to another power source.

As long as the PC isn’t being connected to the internet, there’s no reason you can’t just keep running an old kernel.

Banking can be done in person at the bank. Games and media can be pirated.

I used to run RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi 1 and it was able to play most of the SNES games I tried. Of course that was with no shaders or upscaling.

Download some live boot images, use Rufus to write them to flash drives, boot them up and try them out. I would suggest starting with something like Mint or Fedora. When you find one you like, back up your data, run the installer and follow the prompts.

A lot of distros disable the functions of the magic sysrq key for security reasons. If it’s enabled, it should work as long as the system is still capable of reading keyboard inputs.

There’s also the Belling-Lee connector. It’s been around since 1922 and is still commonly used for radio and TV antennas in Europe.

You could get a Hetzner storage box. They have unlimited traffic, but only allow 10 simultaneous connections.

You shouldn’t have any issues with MakeMKV and normal blurays. 4K blurays can only be ripped with certain drives and they need custom firmware.