I thought you are running Linux? If not, I think there is virtualbox image (.vhd), too.

No but, you can just close it.

Yes, download qcow2 image and run it with qemu/virtual machine manager. I run it that way when I want to test something. Feel free to ask for help.

You lock it with flatpak as much as you can. Also, don’t keep it running if not needed.

theregister reader detected. Maybe even one of the editors!

Why asking for up arrow in Nautilus when you can always press alt+f8

It is easy to go fast if you have no features.

Ability to recognize non-ASCII characters in the dialer? Nope… Ability to skip auto connect to the Bluetooth device? Nope, never again… Record phone calls? No, fuck you, we don’t like it in US so it is banned to the whole world. Here you are a feature nobody asks for and shut up…

Does it work after sleep / suspend?

The first was Redhat Linux 7, but not for long. I moved to Slackware soon after.

Old good C64

You don’t need Google account for your phone to work.

Thanks! I knew about the book but forgot it’s name 😀

For mail server you’ll need:

• dovecot
• dovecot-pigeonhole
• postfix
• amavis
• opendmarc
• opendkim

Also be prepared, the mail server setup is not trivial.

Additionally, you’ll need:

• local-unbound
• chrony

I can’t help you for jellyfin, never installed it manually - I run it on unRaid Linux in docker.

What tasks you want to run on it? There is no universal server setup.

You can install FreeBSD under KVM and start learning. There is a qcow2 image on FreeBSD site so you can skip installation and boot right into the shell. And, start reading the handbook.