Great use case for solar shed/offgrid/cabin... I think people underestimate how much you can do with a solar shed , batteries, and the sorta reduced risk aspect of a shed catching fire vs a house. That being said its really easy to follow safety precautions. I cant wait to try this out.
It's not like generators, furnaces, etc. aren't a fire and safety risk. Lots of people die every year because of carbon monoxide issues with generators, furnaces, etc. Not to mention gas leaks and related fires.
Safety is important of course. But people are being very selectively paranoid about this stuff.
Same with EV batteries vs. ICE engines. Combustion engines that intentionally explode highly flammable fuels sometimes catch fire (surprise). People think nothing of parking them in garages connected to their house. Sometimes those cars are quite old. Maybe the wiring is a bit dodgy. Or the fuel hose a bit dried out and leaky. And the guy you pay to fix your old car is maybe not a trained professional. Or something else goes wrong. In short, it's extremely common for vehicles to catch fire (most common reason for fire trucks to get called to a scene). And lots of people die in vehicle fire related incidents. Almost all of which are good old ICE cars. Yet all people talk about is battery fires in EVs. Which are quite rare and pretty much never happen at all for certain newer battery types (e.g. LFP, sodium ion).
Quantitative fire likelihood assessment of battery home storage systems in comparison to general house fires in Germany and other battery related fires
I made the same switch but all linux always feels slightly jank. I think Macos is the best premium decoupling from Winblows, but that comes with its own ecosystem lock in. I use all three equally daily and it just drives me insane. Lots of games on Windows ONLY work on windows due to anti cheat. Ie BattleField 6.... MacOs Gaming is non existent and any attempt with say wine/parallels or whatever brings you back to windows.... Linux / PopOS / Cosmic is so close to being there but the gaming restrictions takes you back to Windows.. I tried the whole WSL2 but lots of apps need so much tuning to work properly.. Ie android studio needs to be specially configured to use the WSL2 paths and it gets broken fast.
Over the years I feel they're all janky in different ways. That being said, especially lately the Windows and MacOS UX changes are getting less thoughtful and the design vs usability scale is going all the way to the design end.
Which would almost be unfortunate, but Battlefield 6 is the same slop as 2042 with a fanservice texture pack on top. You can play BF4, BF2, Bad Company, Arma 2/3/Reforger, and even DCS World without issue on Linux - why are you spending $70 to install a rootkit for a game you'll put 20 hours into, tops?
Giving up Windows pushed me to play better games and stay off the unhealthy AAA release cycle that has strangled innovation for years. If I was still playing Rainbow Six Siege then I wouldn't know how to cold-start an F-16 blk. 50.
I mean next on list is Escape From Tarkov.. the list goes on. its more than just Battlefield 6, theres tons of games that require a anti cheat solution for linux..
Escape From Tarkov doesn't have functional anticheat on Windows. Most people either play EFT against bots (which is a $10 DLC) or modded SPT (which is free and works on Linux). Even livestreamers are struggling to play a match without cheaters post 1.0 release, you might as well play Anomaly EFP.
There's definitely a list of games that don't work; they're usually outnumbered 10:1 by better titles. I haven't booted into Windows for 7 years, there's just not many new releases worth the effort.
If you already have a Swift app it could be worth considering. Or if you are targeting like 90% iOS users and just need Android support to check a box.
This is a neat guide. Its baked in already if you have a Firewalla device. Cool to see this roll your own approach. I always found their guide helpful.
From the Firewalla Site -
How to Choose Your DNS Strategy
If you have NO concerns at all, just use traditional DNS from your ISP or configure some public DNS for your LAN networks if you like.
If you need simple filtering to protect your network from unwanted online content, choose Family Protect -> Native mode. It won't conflict with other DNS services.
If you trust your DNS service provider but don't trust your ISP, choose DNS over HTTPS.
If you do not trust any single DNS server other than the root and authoritative DNS server, choose Unbound.
If you do not want any DNS queries getting changed or filtered, use Unbound.
If you do not want any DNS queries getting changed or filtered and want to add a layer of encryption so that your ISP can't see your DNS requests, use Unbound and turn on DNS over VPN under it.
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