Fuck Apple and Microshit

Perhaps this idea is way way overkill and a going to a consistent headache. I am trying to simplify between devices and data. This idea is looking like a labor of love and I’m more into using the tools for what they are rather than always tinkering and working. I’m at the age where shit just needs to work. Some sort of remote desktop, or NAS or a combo might be the better easier route.

SSDs for fast transfers, and then maybe use HDDs for large slow stuff? I’m afraid transferring things are too slow on a HDD but I’ve never used a NAS. So I’m unsure of what determines transfer speeds I mean network speed has to play a role but read and write speed as well. I’ve had HDDs in several PCs and their just ungodly slow to do file transfers and game on but large sizes are cheaper. So I was asking essentially which storage type is best for fast NAS speeds? And what is a good setup to start with as far as software and hardware?

Do you know of a way to make it less laggy and more responsive? Working remotely sucks atleast with my past experiences. Otherwise I love the idea. I think it my best easier to setup a NAS and just deal with a little hassle transferring files back and forth. I’m super aggravated dealing with 10 devices everyday I’m trying to simplify everything possible.

So what was your end solution? I love the idea of remote desktops but it always seems it’s laggy, basically the issues you described. I’ve tried stuff like teams, and some other legit remote connection software but it never was smooth flowing. Resonsiveness is sort of the killer to this or it would be awesome.

I like things that are easy to setup. While I don’t mind tinkering the older I get I want shit to just work. Hassle and diagnostic days are very few and far between as time gets less. Any good simple setups for some SSDs? I don’t mind a little setup but simple is preferred.

So your basically limited by speed and bandwidth. That sucks because another poster above mentioned things clients and remote connections. Nothing is as frustrating as trying to do something with lag and delay.

The immutable distro is nice which I started putting /home in a separate parrition as a start and syncing across devices. I’m working on setting up a NAS now to make the process more longerterm friendly. By working I mean aquiring drives for storage currently have about 6tb. I just didn’t fully know the process and what it entails for software besides Tailscale. I’ve self hosted servers for games and some minor stuff. I was thinking about using synology but their hardware is wildly expensive. I really only need the drivebay and I can connect it to my server PC. Ill do a deeper dive after work.

This seems like a nice approach that isn’t a full root disk live clone.

These 1000% eventually your gonna run into a problem / situation that does not have much documentation. Powering through step by step logically can test the best of us. You can spend 56 hours in a day on one problem. Give up. The next morning figure it out in 10 minutes. It’s a marathon not a sprint.

I wouldn’t waste your time with a half ass product. I’ve done quite a bit if research into this. I find Garmin to have the best overall watches with a good privacy policy last I looked. Make fake account and log no important info in that matches you such as age leave blank and other main identifiers. Even obscure gender if you want. Opt for a watch that has no microphone and disable gps if you want. Check out the Garmin tactix 7 I believe us their current. Ability to completely wipe the watch with a button. Stealth mode with no wireless connectivity for military. Its very legit in how it operates. 28 day battery life even longer if you get the solar glass.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/802925

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