Anything that runs windows can probably run Linux and work well enough for self-hosting. But you’re getting ahead of yourself with worrying about hardware.

Easiest way to start is to find something that you want to try selfhosting that is relatively simple and use WSL within windows to familiarize yourself with Linux/networking/docker.

Once you’re far enough along to know what your needs are, then you can start thinking about the hardware to meet those needs.

When you look at the numbers outside North America, the numbers show even higher % of people using their smartphone as the primary computing device.

I’ve been looking into these types of controllers for a while now and have settled on the GameSir G8/+ as being the best bang for your buck and the one most people recommend. I’m just waiting on the next sale on Alixp to pull the trigger.

I don’t see anything in the article about Brookfield being a current investor in Twitter.

The only thing I could find is an article about them shuttering the venture capital arm and the person who made the investment leaving the firm. Is there more up-to-date info about Carney even being a passive investor in Twitter?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-13/brookfield-shutters-tech-unit-that-helped-musk-buy-twitter