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I’m surprised not a lot of people suggest LMS now days. I’ve been using it for years and I highly recommend it for streaming your library, locally or remotely. Poor man’s sonos with multidevice sync as well!

It has an active community and a variety of very useful plugins. Heck, I use it as a Spotify frontend as well.

Just make sure to use the material UI plug-in linked above, a lot of people get bumped out with the built in ui upon first install.

Sometimes I feel the same.. I’m around your age, same years of experience.

Between work, family and obligations, the little time left is not for coding or side projects.

I don’t have much advice to give unfortunately, only an observation. I think this is what happens on an average person when your hobby becomes your work. I noticed last time I switched jobs and I had a 2 month gap, the urge for tinkering and coding came back.

In the meantime, my time off went to other, new, hobbies outside of technology. I’m certain that if I was to make a career switch, after a while, the tinkering urge would come back.

Try the 'small web', I'm enjoying gemini, https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

You should look into Logitech Media Server (open source with community forks/support). You can install it on your NAS, I have it on a synology.

It also supports syncing music with multiple devices at a fraction, if any, of sonos or similar costs.

There is a plethora of plugins available including an AirPlay bridge to stream to your Apple tv.

You can use the excellent iPeng app (paid but recommended) as a phone remote (and even a source with an IAP).

I use the LMS ecosystem to stream from my NAS to my linux workstation (using squeezelite), to my tv/speakers on an nvidia shield, to my phone via iPeng and to another chromecast.

I use this feed with my reader: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/ARbTQlRLRjE/matthe...

It was working up until he went on his parental leave, I expect it to get updates when he is back.

bsddb is deprecated as of python 2.6 and removed in python 3

Just to share a different point of view.

I have the c720 with arch installed. There are some problems, mainly the GPU lock https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83677#c102 The bug is fixed in the 3.19rc kernel.

My main problem was the very bad build quality of the laptop it self. I'm used to mechanical keyboards, I never got used to the c720 one.. The screen is also really bad. Given the price tag it's hard to complain though.

I finally put chromeOS back and gave the laptop to my SO. I got a used x220 in perfect condition for a bit more of the c720 asking price. I replaced the screen with a new IPS bought from ebay. Best linux laptop I ever had.