Batocera works really well, has a 10ft UI, and includes:

• Kodi to stream local media and can act as an Airplay receiver. I use Jellyfin as a server but I bet Emby would work just as well.
• the ability to run Flatpaks
• a nice 10 ft UI as the default and allows for customization
• emulation backends and moonlight game streaming
• the ability to pair Xbox, PlayStation, or any other Bluetooth controllers

Get a usb IR receiver like FLIRC or something similar with HDMI CEC to control everything via standard remote.

This is the first time I’ve heard anyone say Kodi has a learning curve. I’m curious what you found difficult?

The mini pc is the most flexible. Batocera works really well and includes:

• Kodi to stream local media and can act as an Airplay receiver
• the ability to run Flatpaks
• a nice 10 ft UI
• emulation backends and moonlight game streaming
• the ability to pair Xbox and PlayStation controllers

Get a usb IR receiver like FLIRC or something similar with HDMI CEC to control everything via standard remote.

Vote. Shit won’t change if you don’t make yourself heard.

Firefox + uBlock Origin + arkenfox user.js gives you privacy, security and anti-tracking. The only way to fly IMO.

Scoop is preferred as it provides versioning and user installs compared to winget which are typically machine wide and require administrative roles.

Do yourself a favor and check out https://raivo-otp.com It’s FOSS, extremely easy to use, native, and customizable.

This article sums up what has happened a few times already: https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

This isn’t any different.