That can be done with Apt-Cacher NG. It’s a proxy server that caches .deb packages. It really speeds up updates if you have multiple computers that are using the same packages.

No, you don’t need a VPN if you’re using a seedbox.

I haven’t had any issues with public trackers on ultra.cc. I probably download about 100 or so public torrents a month, but that’s not new release stuff that’s likely to get a DMCA notice.

The VPN killswitch is not safe for bittorrent, it doesn’t work fast enough. Binding the torrent client to the VPN interface is safe though.

I backup stuff on blurays and DVDs a couple times a year. I also wrote a copy of FreeDOS and some software onto a stack of floppies recently.

Torrents don’t need trackers either. They can work with just DHT.

I would recommend installing Heroic Launcher too. It works good for GoG, Epic & Amazon games.

If you don’t have a port forwarded for your torrent client, then only the people that do will be able to download from you. Unfortunately, most VPN providers don’t support port forwarding.

There is a PipeWire module for ASHA. It looks like it has issues with a lot of devices though.

My windows XP install kept breaking and I got tired of fixing it, so I tried Linux and never went back.

That’s fine as long as it’s a standard 1.44MB or 720K formatted disk. For anything else, you will probably need an old PC or a Greaseweazle.

If it was the 80’s, the text would be gibberish because you can’t figure out what the correct code page for the file is.

If you use the web UI, you can adjust the zoom in your browser.

Try a different cable too.

MakeMKV works great on Linux. I used it to backup all of my blurays and DVDs without any issues.

If you are good with lua scripting, you could probably make MPV look similar to that. It’s going to take a lot of work though.

If you have multiple computers, you can always set up a caching proxy so you only have to download the packages once.

That would require the car to have a fast charger on board. That’s a lot of extra cost and weight.

It would be much better to have a robotic connector that automatically connects to the car when you pull up to the charger.

With a 50 kWh battery, that’s 5 kWh wasted per full charge or 90 cents at the average US electric rate just for being too lazy to plug in a cable.

I’m surprised they don’t have torrent downloads for it. That would save on bandwidth costs and it’s more reliable since torrent clients verify the checksum and automatically redownload any corrupted blocks.

So what’s the actual brightness? Peak brightness is meaningless since it doesn’t tell you how viewable it will be in sunlight.