Try reading this article, VPNs don’t make you more private they just shift the trust model away from your ISP https://www.matyaskoszegi.com/post/vpns-your-privacy-savior-or-just-another-creepy-middleman

Sometimes you just need to start small and not worry about over complicating things. I started my journey in 2011 running Plex on a crappy laptop

You can update via Android or iOS I believe

I remember 11.04 was it when they introduce the unity de and sidebar with Amazon integration?

That’s deep rock Galactic and star trek for me, whenever I’m bringing those 2 then times are tough.

For someone that doesn’t like the cli, I’d recommend fish instead of that as it just works with no setup.