I'm on Proton. It's easy to set up on Ubuntu and Ubuntu like systems. I'm on Mint. Haven't tried it on other distros.

My NAS is an 8th gen i7 Dell Optiplex I got on ebay for like $175. Running TrueNAS CORE. With a shucked 18tb WD Easystore that was a black Friday deal at $200. Watch https://shucks.top/ for good deals on storage. My rig is a little more than you want to spend, but you wouldn't need the 18tb drive to start with. And you could save a bit more if you went with an i5 instead.

should be pretty easy, since witchcraft isn't real and all.

looks like I'll be keeping my 2009 base model until it blows up.

don't forget the dudebros driving around blasting bass every 20min. I hope they all go deaf. peacocking morons.

jdownloader? works on a lot of sites. you can also use it to send credentials if that is required.

This will help get rid of some of the bloat. I run this on every w11 install I do.
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

rules for thee.... just arrest this asshole already. He may not have known the gun was loaded, but he pointed it and pulled the trigger. That would get any Joe Shmoe a manslaughter charge.

I'm betting he is heavily invested in commercial real estate. Empty buildings means losing money.