it's not often that shit just works

A good use case for GPU on OMV is jellyfin transcoding.

https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/56737-hardware-acceleration-for-jellyfin-container/

Try for a card with NVENC support.

P400 looks like you’d need a notched slot, tho.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/n7ppkl/can_a_pcie_1x_slot_run_nvenc_encoding_with_a/

https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/13blpdq/best_cheap_gpu_for_transcoding_1080p_4k/

1st gen www users learned this in 1999…

I am thinking about trying my hand at Tailscale, and have been tempted to click through to the Server Host offering on the LowEndBox $2 list.

LEB Special – 2GB KVM VPS

• 1x vCPU Core
• 2GB RAM
• 30GB High Performance Storage
• 1000Mbps Unmetered Port
• Full Root Access
• 1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
• KVM/Virtualizor
• Available in Multiple Locations
• Pricing: $21.88/year (75% off)
• Coupon Code: 2LEBA
• [ORDER HERE]

There’s a smaller one in the $1 list, also with allegedly unmetered bandwidth.

Server Host LEB – 1GB KVM VPS

• 1x vCPU Core
• 1GB RAM
• 15GB High Performance Storage
• 1000Mbps Port
• Unmetered Bandwidth
• Full Root Access
• 1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
• KVM/Virtualizor
• Linux O/S
• Available in Multiple Locations
• Pricing: $11.00/year (80% off)
• Coupon Code: 1ALEB
• [ORDER HERE]

My “I’m a CS” colleagues all tell stories about the OS they created in uni. A couple of them were happy stories.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-828-operating-system-engineering-fall-2012/

It’s good to know how to do it, but there is not much need to go and do it.