BadNewsNobody

I have a laptop running Linux Mint I only use for hosting bar trivia. I only need it to run like 4 applications but I need them to run flawlessly. The last time I updated it jacked up my soundboard, which I didn't notice until I was in front of a crowd and it played the wrong sound effects. Never again.

Good ol' Fairbanks. Dirt Fest just hasn't been the same since they changed it to Paved Fest.

It would be easy enough to have a raspberry pi always connected that just pings google.com or some other website every few seconds/minutes. I'm not sure that's your best solution or even what the best solution would be, but that would be very easy to set up.

There's no sex in your violence

Thanks for the detailed info!

I use PocketCasts but all of the responses here are making me consider trying out AntennaPod.

SO SAY WE ALL!

Root the phone and remove insane garbage like that. Rip and tear until it is done.

Nobody tell Bruce Greene

Yep. Every time you open that door your standards get a little bit lower until they reach the threshold of what's actually in the refrigerator.

I tried it recently and it didn't taste ANYTHING like the chili at Wendy's.

I use Rhasspy to control my Home Assistant setup. All local and works great. There's a bit of a learning curve to set it all up but once you get the hang of it things are pretty easy.