@GandalfDG I've definitely been looking for simpler and less abstracted solutions these days - more understanding from my side of things instead of letting something/one do the thinking for me.

Thanks for sharing your setup! . . . I should probably start documenting mine a little more officially . . .

My skill set is slightly above neophyte with Linux - I run Debian on my regular laptop, but haven’t done much in anger with it. I spend more time in MacOS, as that is what I have for a work machine.

I’d like to have Jellyfin back up and running, and a samba share available on my network. Those are the core “production” needs at the moment. Is TrueNAS overkill?