L3ft_F13ld!

That sucks. But I think this is specifically about their open source licensing.

Thanks for that. Looks like I’ll be keeping an eye out for replacements just in case.

Got any links to the bitwarden drama? I missed it.

If both OSs are on their own drive, Windows causes slightly less trouble with Linux. Plus, you can just repurpose the second drive if Linux doesn’t work out. No repartitioning your Windows drive again.

Pi-hole was really simple to set up. It was absolutely worth it and I’ve got it running on an old netbook. Very easy on resources.

Syncthing is also nice if you have files that you want easily shared between devices. I use it for sharing work files that I want synced between multiple devices. When I edit something it gets shared to all of my devices and it’s always up to date everywhere.

I think you’re looking for a pomodoro timer of some kind. Search for one on F-droid and see if that works for you.

I use Mull as well. I think it’s a bit more heavy-handed than Fennec as far as I understand, so I think it comes down to how much convenience you’re willing to give up for privacy/security. Both are a step in the right direction, though.

They’ve been easier to find from what I’ve read recently.

Try rpilocator.

Then I’ll conseder it when I’m feeling productive. I am using an old netbook. Thanks for the answers.

Would it be worth switching if I’m already set up on Debian?

Thanks, I’ll check it out.

What advantages would this give over plain Debian or similar? I’m a total noob, so I’d love something that might help me get a little more out of my little netbook ‘server’.

I’ve got Pi-hole and Syncthing running on an old netbook with an Atom CPU and 2 GB RAM. It’s doing fine. Syncthing killed the little dual-core CPU while it was syncing all of the stuff I wanted, but now it idles along quietly on Debian. I doubt you’re going to get much out of the machine, but it’s perfectly fine for small, simple stuff like Pi-hole.

Distro-wise, I’d say Debian or similar if you want to set-and-forget (update once a week or month) or Arch/openSUSE Tumbleweed if you want it up-to-date (potentially more work needed).

Considering the hardware I’d also recommend whichever distro you go with without a GUI to keep the resource usage as low as possible.

One day when I’m all growed up I want to have a better setup. For now I’ve got what I absolutely need.

It’s not much, but I’ve got a little LG netbook with an Atom CPU and 2GB RAM running Pi-hole and Syncthing.

Just downloaded it to try. Seems pretty good so far

Try Simple Mobile Tools. I’ve had mixed experiences with them. Some were great and others were a little too simple for my use cases. But I’ve mostly heard good things.

ETA: They’re available on F-droid and can be updated with Obtainium.