I mean, sure, but unless the physician is blind is bmi really needed at that point? :)

Curious what it is about Debian package management you found wrong, except for not having the newest stuff?
I run Fedora on my gaming station because I needed a newer kernel than Debian Stable has by default but on my other machines Debian has been working well.

The intended use is to get a quick overview of populations and it works great there. For individuals the Waist to Height ratio and Waist to Hip ratios are better quick scan controls.

I usually end up doing it very simple with huge /24 ipv4 networks, f.e.
10.100.10.0/24 = VLAN 10 = User devices and purely internal servers
10.100.20.0/24 = VLAN 20 = IoT
10.100.30.0/24 = VLAN 30 = Servers that are reachable from outside
10.100.40.0/24 = VLAN 40 = Guests

The main thing for me is to ensure that traffic that wants to pass between VLANs go through my firewall/router and allow Suricata to do its IPS work.

Yeah, a second pair of ears ain’t normal. Not even in Alabama.

If you want a webui for the debian server that gives you logs, services, ssh terminal and more then I can recommend checking out Cockpit
https://cockpit-project.org/

If you decide you want to you can install KVM/Qemu on the debian host to get into full virtualization that way. The webui can be used to configure and manage the VMs too with https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines

edit: Cockpit also has a Docker manager, though I feel it isn’t full featured yet. I mostly used it to stop and start dockers from my phone.
https://github.com/chrisjbawden/cockpit-dockermanager

Now I can start throwing more stuff on there once I figure out backup for the game world incase I bork it.

Step 1. Find out where the docker image you run saves the volumes
F.e. https://github.com/mornedhels/icarus-server saves here:
Volumes
Volume Description
/home/icarus/drive_c/icarus Server config files and saves
/opt/icarus Game files (steam download path)

Step 2. Find a backup tool you like, f.e. https://docs.borgui.com/

Thanks for mentioning the game, saved it to my wishlist and hope to grab it for some co-op gaming come autumn. :D

I get it and I would never buy a second hand laptop from a private seller. I’d go for one of those refurb-stores that promises at least 80% remaining battery and a limited 12 month warranty.
On second thought I might consider the private seller if I could check and test the machine in person before buying.

I hope you end up enjoying the chromebook until the currect pricing crisis has passed us by. :)

I’ve always been a fan of machines with more power to them so I never really tried those dirt cheap netbooks out. Lucking out and getting one that also lasts for 6 years sounds nice. :)

The ThinkPads are still being made that way though, the latest T-series one earned a 10/10 repairability score at ifixit.
At the same time most enterprises I’ve been in contact with replaces anything that is 3+ years old instead of troubleshooting and fixing the machine which ensures the refurbished supply.

I did a quick check and the x13 yoga do sound like a good fit for your wishes, except for it being an older and refurbished machine that is. Convertible, touch and 1.25kg for 421€
https://www.refurbed.de/en-de/p/lenovo-thinkpad-x13-yoga-10310u/114695b/

For me it feels like buying an 8 year old car instead of a brand new one. You get a lot more for a lot less.

With an average yearly inflation of almost 2.5% the 400€ in 2006 is the same as about 650€ now in 2026. I have to remind myself of this constantly to avoid being too much of a penny pincher.
Add in that all low cost computers are at least 50€ costlier 2026 than 2025 due to the AI datacenters hogging all the memory increasing the price of storage, ram, cpu and gpu.

I know you don’ t want a second hand ThinkPad but they are wonderful long lasting machines. I got a functioning T440 and a T480 both with Debian on them. Second hand from myself as I got them for cheap without storage from work. Saving up for one, second hand or not, might actually save you money due to longevity.
The keyboard replacement of the proper Lenovo T series is also simple
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Lenovo+ThinkPad+T480+Keyboard+Replacement/140096
Just watch out for the Lenovo TXXs series. The “s” makes them slimmer and much harder to replace parts in.

Hah! Yes, that one!

I bet that if they added pavement for the user path then a new path that’s cutting the corner even more would emerge.

Con: Fewer guides, more complicated setup and having to solve the translation from CUDA with IPEX-LLM and so on. Not everything will run.

Pro: Looking at Intel Arc Pro B70 with 32GB for less than half the price of an RTX 5090 sure makes one curious to try it.

When it comes to Nvidia GPUs the VRAM is the main thing to look for.
For consumer cards it is:
Entry level - RTX 5060 Ti 16GB RAM with a price point around 500-550 euro
Mid - Buying a used RTX 3090 24GB RAM with a price point around 830 euro when I look at swedish second hand markets
High - RTX 5090 32GB RAM with a price point around 3500 euro

After that you end up looking at the RTX Pro Blackwell cards:
Entry - RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB RAM ~5300 euro
Mid - RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB RAM ~10100 euro

It all depends on which models you want to run, you can definitely start playing around with Llama 3 8B and similar models with a 5060 Ti 16GB.

If you’re looking at 24B-30B models you need the 24GB VRAM that RTX 3090 offers and get a larger context window if you go for the RTX 5090.

If you’re looking to run Llama 3 70B then you need to go into the RTX Pro level of vram.

All of this is based on running it with Nvidia cards, there’s also other setups such as Mac Studios with huge amount of RAM. They’re slower but allow for much larger models at the same price point.
You could also run with AMD/Intel gpus but much software is built primarily for running CUDA (and Nvidia) gpus so it’s more work and not always compatible.

I know you said no “monster rack” but I don’t really know what you classify as a monster. :)
An ordinary gaming pc is also a good starter AI pc, so something like this allows you to do both:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sFp4qd