Depending on the software you need and how technical you are, Wine and Bottles may be a solution to not need an VM.
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Huh, never heard of it! from what I gathered from the website its a central VPN? Wouldn't that be overkill for a homelab scenario? Thanks for your response!
Thank you for not only taking the time to answer but also adding quite useful resources. I will look into it!
TIL, benutze zwar seit geraumer Zeit Geizhals aber gut zu wissen.
That seems to be the only viable option. Someday I need to build something like this myself.
I wish this was the case, but my Oneplus Nord does not have any "smart" features.
I am quite impressed by the funders, German state and Mozilla. Wow.
The problem is probably a legality thing. In Germany for example AFAIK people need to be told they are recorded and must accept to this. So by implementing such a feature, you need to adhere to local laws, which differ from country to country and may make it way to complex and dangerous to implement.
Yes, look at the ars article, there are even links to the patents. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/jury-finds-activision-blizzard-liable-in-23-4m-patent-infringement-case/