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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

The mobile and TV clients are often limited to the codecs with hardware acceleration. Or just selecting a lower bitrate on the client will cause transcoding.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you could use a USB keyboard or mouse connected trough a dock or OTG converter to allow file transfers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

There is an even more relevant video of using external storage trough USB. He recommends using software raid:

Can We Build a Home Server Out of Mini PCs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It is possible, it's just not generally supported be ISP routers. Also there is a possibility of performance issues since IPv4 NAT often relies on hardware acceleration which might not work for NAT6.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Even tough IPv6 is technically superior to IPv4 for the network operator it doesn't have clear benefits for home users.

Having global addresses instead of NAT means less control over your LAN and these unique public addresses can track users more accurately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

With the currently available Android tablets the software really limits its uses. Many of the higher quality product focus too much on productivity without success. But this creeps up the prices so much that makes them hard to justify for entertainment.

I think there are only a few use cases where tablets shine:

  • A small (and cheap) reader that's a comfortable in one hand with a decent screen resolution. It works great as a big phone to enjoy reading comics, books, websites or browsing social media. The Tab S6 Lite 2022 is a solid 10" option and chinese brands offer 8" tabs like the Doogee T20 Mini. You won't get long software support but the price makes it somewhat acceptable.
  • An Oled multimedia screen. These are great for all kinds of videos, movies and series. There are just a few options like the P11 Pro Gen2 that are affordable.

Longer software support is only available from just Samsung or Google and I can't justify the prices of those if a laptop can replace it. Here a Pixel Tablet or a Tab S9 costs the same as 13" laptop with oled screen (Zenbook S 13) with "unlimited" software support.

I do own a T20 Mini and an old ThinkPad and I really like reading on the Android tablet even with the slow SoC and medicore screen, but bring a real laptop along for longer trips.