https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop

https://www.drawio.com/ could probably work

Considering your other solution parts include simcard dongle, maybe look at KDE Connect to send/receive sms on your linux machine?
https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect#Desktop_SMS_Messaging_App

Yeah, for a budget friendly AI GPU I would look for a 5060 Ti 16GB.

Replace NAS drives with larger ones and then repopulate data from your backup? That way you get to test your recovery and restore procedure at the same time.

For WebDav I would look at https://github.com/sabre-io/Baikal
Unless you want all the other parts of Nextcloud and need the big package.

Someone has made an MIT licensed open source file manager for MacOS, not that I’ve used it myself:
https://github.com/abdullahguch/folderium

I think that a good way to approach the OS switch is to focus on “what tools does this OS have and how do they work?” and figure out a new workflow from that instead of trying to bring your old workflow over.

Just like navidrome it seems like Jellyfin reacts to failed mounts by emptying libraries.
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-solved-network-not-mounted-before-jellyfin-starts

With version 10.11.0 they offer a built in backup system for db/metadata/subtitles though so once access is restored it’s easy to restore any metadata changes you’ve done to your library. (As long as you got a backup since before that is)
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/backup-and-restore/#create-a-backup

Nothing is hard when you know what you’re doing. :)
Being able to completely wipe your compute machine and not worry is nice and imo easier.

For only Jellyfin, then I agree - if that is where it stops you could run it all on an N100 integrated motherboard and have a lean sleek system that hosts your files and your streaming server. But when your services starts being too much for the N100 then it’s nice to separate it a bit and for me it feels natural to split it between compute/storage.

Separating your services from your storage makes things a lot easier in my opinion.
Setup one machine as a NAS and have that manage your (preferably redundant and backuped if storing personal photos or other unique data) storage, then share it to the rest of your selfhosting over nfs and smb.
You could either go for a prebuilt NAS like Ugreen NASync DXP2800 or build your own m-itx with a Jonsbo N2 case and an N100 motherboard or whatever you’re comfortable with.

Your jellyfin server then accesses the media libraries with a simple mount (/mnt/media). Same with your tdarr server and tdarr nodes.
It’s much easier to experiment and reinstall services when you have your storage separated from them.

I can’t buy a 14tb hdd for that price here in Sweden, but I have no idea about your local prices. Is it new or refurb?

Glad you found something of value from my comment. :)

Fedora KDE is my main workstation distro and it’s been treating me fine.
I chose between that and opensuse Tumbleweed and ended up trying Fedora for the simple reason of having a larger user base than opensuse.
I’m still curious to try out opensuse tumbleweed but fedora has just kept going and I’ve felt no need to fix or switch.

Debian is known to be stable as in “staying the same”, you won’t get any big version updates on the programs in the debian repository, just backported security updates. That ensures that you don’t end up with dependency mismatches where different programs want the same library but different versioning.
It also means that as Trixie ages the version you get from the repo will be further and further behind as you will still be running 2025 versions with backported security updates until you upgrade to Debian 14.

By installing random .tarballs and .debs outside the default repository the main advantage of Debian Stable is nulled.
I would actually recommend going all in on flatpaks, appimages and dockers if your goal is to keep the main system stable and lean. You might also wanna look at distrobox for running programs that aren’t officially available for your distro.
Another thing too look at is atomic distros, such as Fedora Kinoite https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/

Ah, I haven’t watched bleach since they ran around in Hueco Mundo. I just pulled the classic trope “Let’s create a kid to continue earning money from the franchise” out of my ass.

I mean driving without your safety belt works great until something happens. Doesn’t make it a good idea.

He gotta get married or they can’t create Lemon Juice the exciting new anime that follows Nigo, son of Ichigo, on his adventures.

Ah, I can see the appeal but it’s not for me then. :)

What is the gain compared to running something battle tested like zfs or mdraid?

I’ve never used it, but bookmarked the github. Cheers. :)

22 out of 22 books i checked at Kobo had Adobe DRM. :(