I'm trying to figure out primary distro for framework 16. Currently using fedora for about year. I've package installation automated through ansible so technically using new distro is not big hassle still want to see if there is any other way of easily distro-hoping on bare metal.

I'm long time user of Ubuntu and now pop os so that's one option and other is bazzite (or similar immutable). I would like to try at least those 2.

I use volumio but that's dedicated OS installation and it's limiting in the sense of what other things can be done.

I'm looking to setup streaming to HTPC. What r my options?

I found uPnP is not advised due to security risk, however I didn't see any other recommendation.

[EDIT] [UPDATE] now I understand why information was so lacking - because solution was just that simple. 😑

In gnome settings -> sharing -> enable media sharing.

Don't need extra app or setup.

I've 2 network drives on one subnet (nfs and samba). I would like to access them only if computer is connected to particular ssid (subnet).

I'm using gnome primarily. And files stops responding if mount points can't be accessed. There is no real way to recover from this apart from connecting to network, unmount and then change network.

I would like those drives to be accessed by system only if they are reachable.

[EDIT][UPDATE]: Following suggestions from comments. I've tried systemd and autofs methods both of them don't work the way I've setup access to mounts. If mount point is in home OR bookmarks in files app, it would hang up as soon as network is disconnected. It works well when mount points are not visible by default (for e.g. /smb/share1). Currently using autofs <- easy and short to setup with mount points under /smb and /nfs

Recently found about tramp-mode. I'm trying to use it as primary way to work. My previous workflow was: VNC to VM, open emacs for editing and shell-pop for issuing run commands etc. My shell-pop config is: '(shell-pop-full-span t) '(shell-pop-shell-type '("eshell" "*eshell*" (lambda nil (eshell shell-pop-term-shell)))) '(shell-pop-universal-key "C-t") '(shell-pop-window-position "bottom") '(shell-pop-window-size 30)

With tramp-mode I would like to follow similar approach. I can get shell-pop to come up with ctrl-t and it opens current working directory. However .cshrc related to VM is not loaded and I don't have access to correct VM shell commands / tools.

is there way to source RC file (from VM) before invoking eshell?

I currently use finamp (on phone), volumio (for home speakers). I wanted to know if plugin either server side or client side exist which can play songs automatically based on first song played? I want to be able to select a song and play similar songs instead of manually creating playlist and updating them when new content is added.

[EDIT] : very early impressions (using both symfonium and Finamp). Both of them can't jump languages (English, Arabic, Hindi)

I prefer Finamp track mix for Hindi songs (album contains multiple genre and artists). It seems to play similar sounding songs easily.

I'm not in market for new laptop for another year (half year). However are there any price expectations with tariffs (USA)? (Are there any statements made by framework company?)

[EDIT]: I've decided to get the laptop.