What about hetzner storeagebox? https://www.hetzner.com/de/storage/storage-box/ with client side encryption ? It’s cheap and reliable, supports all common file transfer methods - the encryption can and likely should anyway be done by your preferred backup tool?

Poland did the right thing.

Let’s Encrypt afaik just makes use of the ACME protocol. There are already ACME providers out there to be used. I know because I switched from Cloudflare SSL to one, and deliberately avoided using Let’sEncrypt instead.

https://acmeclients.com/certificate-authorities/ https://european-alternatives.eu/category/acme-ssl-certificate-providers

I have a tuxedo computers notebook for work and it’s great. They offer Intel as well as AMD. I also know about Slimbook but never owned one.

Use Linux Mint Xfce or Xubuntu.

Regular Linux Mint might run OK, but you’ll get more performance with a more resource cautious Desktop Environment like XFCE.

Both can be booted in live mode too to do the file backup first, and then you can proceed with the installation.

I have a similar Notebook, which I’ve setup with Xubuntu as my DIY Chromebook. It’s not a Chromebook of any kind, but I put Vivaldi Browser on Autostart and mostly use it for browsing, works great and still runs apps fine if really needed.

Immich is such a cool piece of software 🤩

“I don’t like migrants, good thing US gave me refugee status so I can migrate to the US” - lol

I like that you as user “regedit” are installing openSUSE - I like :-D