I used to do this when on Windows too: C was for the OS and apps, D was for user data. The same principle here - separating OS from data is a game changer - and even easier on Linux I think. Makes it so easy to wipe a partition and try something new.
Honestly, it doesn’t really matter that much. 99.999% of my content I see comes from the people I follow and what they post and boost. Start by following people that interest you-and the rest just happens.
I have 2. One was a SanSaire (from a kickstarter before Sous Vides became popular) and the other is built into an InstaPot. The latter is super convenient and you get the benefit of it being useful in other non-Sous Videy ways.
I don’t use any of the ones you mention, but am pretty happy with PrivateVPN. It works well as an app on my iPhone, but the main use case is for torrenting. You can connect to privacy focused countries and do kill switches so you don’t leak your ip. I used Surfshark as well, but the torrenting part was lacking a few years ago.
I’ve been walking away from Christianity for more than 10 years. I’m at the point where I just cannot stand anything Christian - I don’t want to see, hear or think about it. I definitely get your reaction.
Real world actual difference? No, not much. The big benefit is in the updating of all the software. I run Plex, sonarr, radarr, jackett, qbittorent, Grafana, Prometheus, blackbox, nginx, and a few other Docker containers on a pretty plain Ubuntu server. One command to update the OS, another to pull new containers, a periodic reboot for the OS changes and Robert is your mother’s brother. Way easier than running all software independently on a VM.
Edit: oh, and suffer some type of catastrophic issue or have a software update go sideways? You are 30 minutes away from just reinstalling the OS, add docker and reapply your docker-compose script.
A peck of pickled peppers, you certainly didn’t pick.