So, one thing that's not clear here. Is the server and your desktop both at the same location? If they are I see no reason why you couldn't just leave all the files on the server, have an NFS or Samba share then just stop it on the server and start it (over the network share) on your desktop. It would be functionally seamless, would require no effort to keep the files in sync, and would ensure your running things in the box you want.
Bikes are vehicles that can take up a whole lane. To have them walk back the bike lane laws just start using full lanes while on a bicycle.
https://ontarioactiveschooltravel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ontarios-Guide-to-Safe-Cycling.pdf
Ha indeed, every room in the house is getting 2 faceplates (on roughly opposite sides of the room) with 4 Ethernet that runs each back to the server rack. Is every room having 8 runs right back to the switch excessive, you bet.
In my old place I had one faceplate with 2 ethernet, coax and phone to each room, but phone and coax is useless and I didn't have enough Ethernet.
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Bottom area:
The access to the crawlspace isn't great so the CrapRack ^tm^ had to be assembled in the crawlspace.
I feel like Matrix ( https://matrix.org/ ) more appropriately mirrors the Lemmy ideology in that it's a distributed federated chat platform where users can use one of multiple server options and client options.