Safeway. That's only one of the several good reasons why I don't shop there.
Outdoor. I assune wifi-enabled, but I'm a newb and looking for advice. Zigbee keeps getting mentioned, so I guess I'll be looking into that. thanks!
If for personal access only, ZeroTier might solve your use case.
I can't answer for Mint specifically, but I'm running kubuntu on a similar 2012 MacBook Pro and it runs great for just an old i5 (16 GB ram with an SSD really helps a lot). More importantly, all the Apple hardware is fully supported, right down to the keyboard & screen brightness buttons, volume buttons, etc. Runs way better than macOS ever did.
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I'll look at that, thanks! I put Bliss on one and I'm not really happy with it yet. Just trying to type my wifi password had the UI wigging out on me, had to use a usb kb just to type the pass. I'll look into Ubuntu Unity tho, thanks!
Yeah, I'll definitely burn a few ISOs to usb to live test. I'll be sure to update my post with the chosen winner once I pick one.
Just the Invidious instance I found on the official list a long time ago. I like them because they're relatively local, super reliable, and unlike a lot of other instances they actually have the download feature enabled. But yeah, their domain name is a bit awkward, lol.
I can't speak to the paid ProtonVPN service, but their free tier doesn't allow torrenting. They'll disconnect you with a slap on the wrist error about it.
No one has mentioned OBS? If I understood OP's need correctly that seems like the obvious choice to me.
I'm a huge fan of Ubiquiti APs, and run their Unifi controller on a Raspberry Pi. Sadly, their code is proprietary - but it basically just works.