I really appreciate all the hidden hardwork that goes on behind the scenes so that strangers can come together and celebrate / complain about their interests.
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This is a really good point - us "believers" probably don't glance at the negativity because we know it's (generally) incorrect, but how others perceive it can be hard to convince if all they read is negativity.
Consider that most people know a laptop runs an OS, so they can distinguish "Dell" from "Microsoft", so I'm often baffled why people stuggled when moving from WinXP to Vista / 7 (ie a whole new experience... and often asking where to get a hacked version for free), but when I suggest putting <insert distro here> then they run away.
IMO, I'd run pf/opnsense on an x86 box, but openwrt on a low powered device...
Did that years ago with a pfSense firewall connected to the DSL modem, with OpenWrt APs around the house...until the hardware couldn't support the next version of OpenWrt... (not enough RAM?)
It all depends on your usecase to define the risk vs effort.
I work in a cyber security role, yet my personal laptop has minimal security, because it doesn't need it. Am I keeping military secrets on it? No. Does it contain bank records? No. So no full disk encryption, no app sandboxing, no AV scanning.
My work laptop... well, that's a different case altogether.
My advice: do 1 thing at a time and make sure you understand it. For example, do you need a SSH server on a desktop device? Just disable it and that's it secured. No need for additional jails, fail2ban, firewalls, etc... now it's easier to maintain, which improves your overall security posture.
Have a look at Lynis and CIS-CAT, etc to audit your system... if it's vulnerable and you don't use it, remove it.
That's why I use Arch... it only has the components you need.
I was looking for something like this... I need to rebuild my MythTv system due to years of messing around and this looks like it might be the answer. Thanks!
A little late, but saw this and thought I'd chime in... be interested to know if you made a choice
You have a couple of opposing points here... For anything "media", and "photos", I suspect you'll want long-term, slow, bulk storage - so consider what you're going to need.
The n305 mini PCs looks great for a small, cool, firewall or small VM host (I'm considering getting one, hence searched and found this thread) - but you're not going to have lots of bulk storage connected to it.
I have the Node304 case with an ASRockRack Mini-ITX mobo for a NAS and it's a great case, nice mobo, plus plenty of space for drives and space for cooling (I like the large fan mod on that video!) - so - IMHO - I'd recommend this route...
The Node304 also fits into Ikea Kallax shelving BTW 😉
As for OS... stability.... you don't want something that's going to break every week. So, I would go with Debian... if you want a better all-in-one solution, I can recommend OpenMediaVault... I used it for years before creating my own from scratch. The reason I did that was that some OMV plugins were getting too complicated for my own personal use.
·10 months ago
Two Ronnies? Or would that be too obscure for some of the Young Ones? (Yes, that's a 2nd ref)
How about something like a Four Candles / Fork Handles for 403 / 404? ... 400 / 500 could be looking for O's...