Kodi is fine for speed on LAN, I just use the Plex app to stream my content out side of the network.

I have Usenet but also augment with torrents. The setup works great.

I have an Nvidia shield on the TV. The main media app is Kodi.

Backend I have Plex (also used for remote and and phone access)

For getting content I use the *arr stack

Asking the real questions.

Ooo I think this may be the winner!

I mean in firefox, not trying to get fancy.

I was leaning thinkpad.

If it was going to be my daily drive. They are just too expensive to have as a system I can use while sitting with the family.

I am fine with refurbished but ideally looking for around 13" and under a couple hundred bucks

Welp, the lesson I have learned from this thread is that I should feel fine with transmission in my container set lol

Mandrake… In the 90’s… I will never ever forget the pain of tulip

Enlightenment

Check out DockSTARTer. If you have terminal access it is a godsend to kick start

I have had it since way before jellyfin was a thing and have never had a reason to change. I got a lifetime sub something like 10 years ago.

I’ll check it out!

• Emby+Kodi for playing the videos
• *arr for movie and show management
• nzbhydra for nzb meta search
• jacket for torrent meta search
• calibre+calibre-web for ebooks
• mylar for comics

Base Debian is the way