I think the rule as is, is fine. Mercers change to allow up to 2nd level is also fine, but borders the balance scale.
Come to think of it, I could see myself implementing the following house rule: Up to level 8, only cantrips, up to level 14 you can do 1st levels too and after that you can use 2nd levels.
To get it outside the LAN, you just need to forward the port it uses in your router. Example 8096 for regular http requests. I would highly recommend getting at least a reverse proxy with an SSL cert.
It's a matter of opinion and lots of it depends on your preferences.
Github: Where most developers are and therefore has the best network effect. Easy for new contributors. Gitlab: Got some traction after Microsoft bought Github, but is very similar, just not as popular. Codeberg: Completely open source (I believe) it's the option with most respect for your privacy. Lacks the network effect until fediverse integration is complete, which I do believe the platform is working on. Cgit: A very simple git repository viewer. You can't do anything from it, except see the repository. Some big projects use this, like the kernel.
There are more options, but some gets very specific after this.
Another thing they have "slipped" in recently is Linux (only Ubuntu for now) support in Microsoft Intune.
This change will make it possible to run Linux in a Microsoft cloud/azure workplace.
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Out of the options you listed, I'd go with the NUC for performance and transcoding.
Here's a good guide, in the gitlab documentation.
It's just package renaming. To prepare for qt6 versions coming in 4 or so months.
We need a little more info than that.
Like, what OS? What other tools? Why does it need to be custom, can't you just install the tools on the installed system? Why do you need a live session/ISO, if you plan on having it installed on persistant storage anyway?
That's correct. Although the user needs to create folders and copy files into their own home folder, as that's where the script looks for them. But as a package, we can't touch it, so it's a manual step for the user.
So like torrenting?