"I'm assuming Home Assistant here" Insert Picard facepalm here....I only left out the important detail. Yep I'm switching to HA. Update on mom using Mint, she's trying it on a live USB and so far is positive about it, she likes that it looks and feels like Win7. She's still not ready to take the plunge, but I'm on the lookout for one of those Win10 laptops people are getting rid of when moving to Win11 and then I'll just do a full install so she can try the full experience before making the switch... she needs a new laptop anyway, two netbirds with one gemstone/S. https://fountain.fm/episode/EJGR8WzS7MBv3AvXTv5u

I have ADHD and use podcasts and audiobooks to help me focus at work, video just distracts me and so I never use it. That being said if others would like video I'd have no issue with it so long as you remain an audio first show. I've given up on a few long time listens due to the hosts moving to a video first mindset and making the audio a waste of time to listen to, I'd hate to see that happen to TWIB. tl;dr: Video is a fine addition, as long as you keep an audio first mindset. https://fountain.fm/episode/NJ9Vr8mMPTAt9Q7GUgCb

Well this was a timely episode, thanks to the AWS outage my Smart things automations all failed and that was all I needed to stop putting off making the switch. Bonus! My 70+ year old mother has, after 10 years of resisting, agreed to try Linux Mint since her Win 11 laptop is having tons of issues and I'm always having to fix something for her. A year with LibreOffice instead of paying for a MS365 subscription got her to see FOSS is user friendly and not just for hackerman. https://fountain.fm/episode/yxXpGks2KrDcVVXb2B4c