Part of the issue there is actually the 360 controller, from my experience. It has one of the worst D-pads ever made. That said, platformers and fighting games are typically the only ones I use a D-pad on anyway, so if you don’t play those you’d likely never use it.

I had Squeak Squad on the DS and played through it many times. I’ve been playing through some of the others (still don’t have the recent 3D one), and my biggest complaint is just that I’m not the target audience anymore. Haha. Some difficulty settings would be wonderful. However, whenever I want to turn off my brain for a bit I’ll boot up Triple Trouble or Amazing Mirror sometimes.

Might be a bit narrow, but if you wanted to make some pickle spears it should work.

I like to do a fridge pickle (always gets eaten within a few weeks, so spoilage isn’t a huge concern). Something like this pickled jalapeño recipe works with most veggies, and you can use some whole black peppercorn and mustard seeds (or a pickling spice mix) to give it that pickle flavor.

I have gotten whole cases of CD-R’s at yard sales and thrift stores. I do not own a single CD-RW. Even when I purchase them, the CD-R’s are so cheap that if I mess up I can just toss the error and still come out ahead. If I needed to overwrite it frequently I would probably just use a different media if available (like a USB drive).

I can’t find anything for sure on the webpage, but I haven’t run across a DVD in good condition that it can’t rip. I may just be lucky and not own any DRM protected DVDs, though.

I typically use the beta version of MakeMKV on Windows, but I would have no clue what to use on my Debian machine. I hope you are able to resolve your issue, though.

I’ve been ripping DVDs for several years now and have never seen this issue. What program did you use? I thought most retail DVDs were read only once shipped, so I am not sure how you could corrupt it.

Have you tried playing it in another player (like a recent game console or a Blu Ray player)? It could be a corrupted driver for your PC’s disc drive.

Until someone comes in with a valid option, MyAnonaMouse has open sign ups with a relatively short interview. That was my first private tracker and I passed the interview despite barely knowing how to torrent. I’ve heard invites are easy to come by if you know someone, too. Ratio is incredibly easy to maintain, too.

It is not a public tracker, and as such does not answer your prompt. Just wanted to provide a stopgap until a valid option is suggested.

Ever since I switched to Linux I don’t really use Eddie as much, but I agree it could be more intuitive. Even on Windows I typically only spent 30 seconds or less with the client, though, so it didn’t bother me.

Port forwarding, relatively cheap, runs a good Black Friday sale, and I think its log policy is decent from what I remember.

AirVPN

I didn’t follow any single guide, but the following got me through my installation:

• Install Plex Media Server using DEB or RPM repository

• Plex file naming conventions

I used Dockstarter, since I am relatively unfamiliar with Docker. If you haven’t heard of it, it is essentially a GUI script that helps you with directories, ownership, and settings involved with a large selection of Docker containers. It tends to focus on the linuxserver io releases.

• I like qBittorrent, and this particular image worked best with my VPN (AirVPN): Dockstarter: qBittorrentVPN. The linked support forum was helpful figuring out a couple of OpenVPN specific issues I had.

• Dockstarter: Prowlarr

• Dockstarter: Sonarr

• Dockstarter: Radarr

The Trash Guides are useful for setting up the directory trees.

• https://trash-guides.info/Prowlarr/

• https://trash-guides.info/Sonarr/

• https://trash-guides.info/Radarr/

There’s also a list of suggested Plex server settings on that site.

I have mostly seen it where Yellow and Blue are swapped, but otherwise I agree.

No that was the one. I just got a copy last year.

Edit: As cool as the packaging is, it won’t fit in a standard CD storage slot. Which is unfortunate. Haha.

Yoshi until MK8, now Link. Yoshi had the right balance of speed, weight, and cute, but I can’t not use Link.

This is me so far with Arctic Monkeys. I didn’t get into them until 2015, but everything through AM is fantastic. Then they dropped the lounge pop album Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, and I loved that too as a funky side project. Except then they released The Car, their second lounge pop album. I’ve given it a couple listens, and I just can’t seem to get over the idea that we may never get another Humbug or Favorite Worst Nightmare. But, that’s the way they’ve chosen to evolve.

Specifically for this application, Picroft. It sounds like it might be exactly what they’re looking for. Here is the why-use section. It would be interesting to hear from anybody currently using it.

Until someone with more experience finds this thread, I have seen these services recommended: Rhasspy with Home Assistant .io. Rhasspy is entirely offline, and this is Home Assistant’s privacy policy.

I hadn’t even considered the potential power savings. That is a good point. And it sounds like I will be using Docker a lot. I will look into Open Media Vault. Thank you for the suggestion.

I have the benefit of not being particularly used to any Linux DE yet (my Pi’s all end up headless, and I haven’t been at university for several years now), so I was primarily looking at low-resource ones. Does that not matter as much as I have heard?