Raspberry PI

Amen

Nextdns.io for hosted DNS blocks ads and malware.

Also this list

https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy

A1 is recommended for compatibility and performance.

https://www.kingston.com/en/blog/personal-storage/memory-card-speed-classes

Remote play together and steams controller management are two separate things.

RPT creates a tunnel to make everyone appear in the same session.

For controllers, especially in Linux check that you have the correct settings enabled eg. Enable PlayStation/nintendo support vs the default Xbox emulation.

I’ve personally never had any issues with RPT and controller settings after checking the controller is setup properly in Steam.

https://www.protondb.com/app/2600

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Steam Link has been around much longer and if you trust Valve to keep their software up to date chances are it’ll work at parity or better than Moonlight.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-core-ultra-7-155h-linux

For anything not Steam, Lutris.

Lutris because it handles both and more.

The cost of doing business means you should buy a license for each user that needs an account.

https://www.linode.com/community/questions/22605/can-i-set-up-a-smtp-relay-server-on-linode

Gnome terminal supports everything you’re asking for

https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/pref.html.en

TLDR, no

The cpu isn’t the only piece of the puzzle. 6.5 kernel is only just released, and at least just supported on Debian testing.

It’s not crazy that you haven’t setup any power saving profiles, or that the kernel doesn’t natively support these new chips and architecture.

HDMI 2.0 has limited support for high-res displays at 21:9. Check that your cables also are up to the task.

Running both the internal and external display at these high resolutions will be a challenge, only getting 30hz here makes sense.

I have mine setup on a Supermicro itx-based machine with an Intel n3710 and 8G of RAM. It has four Intel-based ports but you can easily get away with two.

I used to run a Zotac ci323 with dual Realtek nics. Works fine for 300M up/down.

You’ll want two ports, one for WAN one for LAN and most nics will support VLANs if you need more than that. Any VPN or encryption will increase your cpu requirements. If your needs are low a cheap dual-nic Nuc like device works great.

depending on your use case these are cheap and cheerful.

https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-6400-11315-01-20g/p/N82E16814202416

I’ve been tinkering with docked 1080p and it really struggles with AAA gaming. best case scenario all-low settings Cyberpunk or Elden ring is playable but doesn’t look pretty.

as another commenter mentioned, forte is definitely older games and emulation. I never played Skyrim when it came out but plays just about flawlessly. Emulation is absolutely incredible; PS3, PS2 and Gamecube is a great experience docked or otherwise.

Great targeted hardware as a console should be. Older games or using it as a Linux PC make it worth it.

any vulnerability is a risk i want to avoid, hikvision as a security camera company doesn’t care about security.

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166334/Hikvision-IP-Camera-Backdoor.html

was looking to setup frigate, what hardware are you using? trying to avoid hikvision or anything with known backdoors