I second this proposition of DIY build. My current build is an older version of this using an ASRock motherboard with integrated Intel j5040. It’s already very capable! I run Jellyfin with HW transcoding and a dozen other containers and there is still plenty of headroom.
The Jonsbo N2 case is pricey but good quality, nice looking and nice to build with ! Cheaper options are there but not as nice in terms of looks and usability.
Laurent Wauquiez is such a nauseating character.
À bas le Wauquisme !
You can look into this database: PSU Low Idle Efficiency Database by Wolfgang’s Channel / Google Docs
I once made an animated presentation using Inkscape and an add-on I can’t remember the name of. It was epic and blown everyone’s mind. But it was not worth the effort and I have never attempted this again.
You probably haven’t activate Bitlocker. Up until now it was optional with Windows. I would argue it isn’t necessary for a desktop computer at home, but you should seriously consider activating disk encryption for a laptop.
Bitlocker encrypts your drive, not single files. Once the computer is booted up, it’s completely transparent to the user.
Go Serbia! Fight against corruption and for democracy! We carry you in our hearts while our governments (EU) ignore you out of convenience…
You can use 7zip to archive files into a .7z and protect it with a password. 7zip is cross-platform, it’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Edit: sorry, I see you have already evaluated this option. I don’t know another method that would me more transparent.
Mostly French banks at this point, I only know of PostBank that offers Wero at the moment. I know for sure DeutcheBank doesn’t have it yet.
If businesses start of offer it as a payment option, then it could be an alternative to card payment. But we are clearly not there yet. I already use my phone as a mastercard most of the time.
You are right, I may have confused things a bit. EPI is the EU program and Wero is one project developed by a goup of banks taking advantage of the EPI.
As far as I understand, it’s nothing more than bank-to-bank transfer, just made easy with links and QR codes instead of typing IBAN in your online banking.
Wero is an account-to-account (A2A) solution, meaning that transfers will go through almost immediately once approved. It follows the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer protocol established by the European Payments Council in 2017.
This is what makes me hopeful with Wero being a government initiative, but it needs a serious push before it starts to become useful.
I learned about it recently myself on Lemmy. Many French banks are enrolled, but only 1 German bank. I hope it can develop, but today it’s practically useless. It needs a serious push from national governments if they want it to succeed.
I haven’t come across this one. Important difference: Wero is a EU government program, Satispay is operated by a private company.
I haven’t tried it. Core difference (on paper): Wero is a EU government program, unlike Klarna which is operated by a private company.
Without digital euro, there is already Wero app to replace PayPal, Visa and MasterCard. At least in theory… It’s a payment app that allows to pay and receive money via wire transfer from bank to bank without fee.
In practice, many banks are not enrolled in this program and I have yet to find a single business where I can pay this way. But at least replacing PayPal to send money to friends and family should be easy enough.
It’s not even the prison sentence they are contesting the most (2 years suspended + 2 years served at home with electronic bracelet), but the 5 years ineligibility sanction effective immediately.
openmediavault and casas are good noob-friendly OSes for NAS purpose. Much faster and simpler to get it running than some Proxmox and True NAS overkill solution.
You can also just install whatever Linux OS you like, and plug-in some screen, keyboard and mouse and do your setup this way, like any other computer!
For Hardware, I recommend to build a computer out of standard parts. For what you said, a small motherboard with an integrated Intel N100 CPU and a nice looking case like the Jonsbo N2 will sever you well. This is very close to my current setup, using an older j5040 CPU and it runs everything just fine with no effort (Jellyfin w/ light transcoding, *arr stack, Usenet and torrent clients, syncthing, SMB and NFS filesharing, and more)