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Tailscale + VPN possible?

Tailscale was updated with direct support for Mullvad, but since you already have Proton I'm guessing you wouldn't want to switch.

If you're using containers, you can have one container with your VPN and route traffic from specific containers through the VPN container. You can then have tailscale on the host system.

There's a quick guide on setting up the VPN part here. Tailscaile you set up normally.

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Apple TV's tvOS 17 brings VPN support, which Tailscale now supports.

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You can use one of your nodes as an exit node for another device and route your traffic though it as an alternative to a public VPN, depending on your needs.

I use it for remote management, video streaming, and the occasional file transfer without publicly exposing my NAS. You could achive all this by setting up your own wireguard server but that's more work.

I'm surprised you're finding it too slow for video streaming. I use it just fine and can saturate my 300 Mbit connection when doing file transfers.

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what's a good, reliable thermal paste for an Intel® Core™ i7-7500U on a clevo?

If you can afford it, Honeywell PTM7950. It's very stable and avoids pump out, which is great in a laptop where you don't want to repaste very often. It's a phase change material, not a standard paste. To apply, put it the fridge to cool. Afterwards, cut to size and put it on. Once it warms up, it liquefies to fill all the small gaps.

Otherwise, most other pastes are fine. I'm partial to Arctic MX-4 but they're all pretty the similar. On direct die like a mobile chip I would recommend spreading it out to ensure even coverage as gaps can cause hotspots which may eventually damage the chip.

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My first was Ubuntu 06.06, but I was only messing around using a live CD. I tried it again with Ubuntu 12.04 when Steam added Linux support, but went back to Windows because gaming on Linux wasn't really there.

Finally decided to dual boot and distro hopped a bit in 2015 between Mint, Kubuntu, then KDE Neon for a bit before settling on Manjaro some time in 2017. Eventually I switched to Arch in 2022 after Manjaro forgot to renew their certs again.

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We breathe plant farts

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Plants do indeed use O2. They use if for the same reason we do, the have mitochondria that use O2 during respiration.

During the day plants typically produce more O2 than they consume, but at night they need it from elsewhere.