Considering when I use the radio in the car I might get 2 songs before 5 minus of commercials, no thanks. Audiobooks, podcasts, and PlexAmp all the way

No

Immich is so good. I love it

Off the shelf something like and EdgerouterX is great,

You could consider running Crowdsec as well on yr firewall that way known bots will be blocked

I love it, it’s so nice for quickly jumping between apps

Immich without a doubt

Works great with PIA, highly recommend

I run Dietpi on 3 PIs, one is a remote backup that is wireguarded into my network and my server runs BorgBackup to it

I run Openmediavault and I backup using BorgBackup. Super easy to setup, use, and modify

Reminds me of the days of StumbleUpon, good times on the internet back then

Do what you can to make this the place you want to be.

Anecdote time: I was just in Yorkshire (first time in England) heard about the idea of public footpaths so we found one, walked it and had a picnic. Loved every second, ended up going through a sheep field then a cow field. Can’t wait to go back