Wow, very interesting. Thanks, that could affect my decision. Will defo check the tags.

I see!!! Thanks, great tip.

How would I connect to the same network from so far away? Is that impossible?

If I want to connect from far away, would a simple NordVPN do the trick?

Thanks. Yeah, didn’t give the full specs - my bad. I’m gonna take the 7020 and maybe the G4. Another question though -

Am I right in thinking if I self host, storing a bunch of movies locally, I can then connect to my self hosted server from another location/computer and stream my personal library?

Thanks

Well sort of, but it’s more that sometimes there’s nuances to the tech that makes things better or worse, like people will say oh well Linux hosting works best on a post-(year) intel chip or whatever.

Youre right though, I should’ve added the full specs and asked questions based off that. I was just hastily posting from inside the cellar at work.

I have now googled regardless and I’m gonna take the Optiplex 7020

Ah, yeah. I don’t know the terminology. I’ll change it to threadbare My level of tech awareness is like… my friends think I know stuff but actually I’m just great at taking a punt and watching tutorials.

Anyway, yeah, I changed the old one to a nifty NVME and now it runs like a dream.

Currently I’m using Zorin OS Alite - do you really think I should go to mint or Ubuntu before I start settling in? My initial reaction to Zorin is that I’m satisfied with it, but if it’s not as reliable as mint then maybe I should just start again?

Yep, that’s what I did. Super fast now.

Ah, mines the one with the m.2 SSD slot (or something like that) - I replaced it with a nice fast one for £30 and it’s running like a dream. Much faster than it was before.

Crucial P3 500GB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD - Up to 3500MB/s - CT500P3SSD8

You should be able to replace the HDD with one of the bigger SSD’s though? Isn’t the bracket for it built in?

But surely one for lower end/older machines will be as barebones as possible?

No gaming, hopefully. Perhaps hearthstone if I succumb to it.

Oh, true yeah. Oh well, too late now. I’ll keep it mind if I want to go back to windows.

Interesting. Going to mull over the options on my walk to the shops to get a USB. Thanks.

Perfect, I’ll take your word for it. Unless someone comes in here and convinces me otherwise.

Thanks!