Well fuck

Signal and matrix are used for different things. Matrix is a Discord-like whereas Signal is a Whatsapp-like.

Matrix is clunky in my experience so I prefer to use Signal.

You mean it’s not? Like the reason why Supermarkets have free wifi is to basically track customers to see where they go in the shop.

I use plain Arch, but if you are just gonna use it as a media center, use Debian or something like it. A media center doesn’t need to be up to date if you’re just using it for TV and retro gaming. However, how mediocre are we talking? Are you intending to run full steam games or are you planning on streaming them from another computer?

If the latter, I think Debian or even a healthy rPi running RetroPie might be up your alley because you can install Kodi and SteamLink on that.

Which will be reacted to with even more authoritarian shit.