AV1 is a good example of a non-proprietary protocol replacing proprietary protocols (h.264, h.265, ...)
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I agree with the others that testing in a VM (Virtual Machine) first is probably a good idea. Keep in mind that because of missing 3D acceleration inside a VM things like desktop animations might not work.
As for distros, I'd recommend Mint or Fedora. I personally use Fedora.
What's also important is the desktop environment you choose. The most popular ones are GNOME and KDE Plasma. GNOME is closer to MacOS than Windows and is made to just work while KDE Plasma has a layout similar to Windows out of the box but is very customizable and has a lot of options. Ubuntu uses GNOME but they make quite a few changes to it. Fedora uses GNOME by default but there's also a KDE Plasma version, I think. Mint doesn't have these 2 by default, you can always install them if you want to afterwards tho. The 3 options Mint gives you are also more Windows-like but I haven't tried them myself, so I can't tell you much about them. A VM would give you the ability to just install them, try them out and delete them afterwards. I personally use GNOME btw.
I think I'm on a tracker with that rule too but I just ignore it. Not like they can tell.
Might be worth adding a section for web UIs that make managing certain things easier. For example, Cockpit or Nginx Proxy Manager.
I actually bought a similar one with the same CPU. You're not the first to recommend a mini PC with the N100, so it seems like it was the right choice haha.
I didn't plan on paying much more than 100€ because it's replacing my Pi but the one I bought can probably replace both my Pis. I just didn't think about selling the other Pi as well before.
I actually ordered something similar with the same CPU for 146€
I'm probably going to get a used HDD and connect it with an adapter over USB. A NAS would be way more expensive.
Actually, I found the Firebat T8 Pro Plus, which has an Intel N100, 16gb LPDDR5 RAM and a 512gb M.2 SSD. It's more than 5 times faster than the Pi, has AV1 decoding and a power draw of 27W (not TDP, this number is from independent tests). It goes for 146€ on Aliexpress. It's a little more than 100€ but for what I'm getting here, I think it's worth it.
Interesting. I guess security wasn't that good by default back then, firewalls are now set up by default on pretty much every server distro.
I can also buy an adapter and plug the drive in over USB. It would be nicer if it fit inside but it's not that important.
I don't think pop is the most widely used genre on TikTok to begin with