This ranking is very close to how I see this. Anything after Docker/Podman is out unless I absolutely need an application in which case keeping a record of dependencies is a good idea. But I want to know the work system will absolutely start in the morning hours from a deadline. Avoiding single points of failure is another way of course (ie multiple systems, OSes, backups, password managers etc).

True for most scenarios. Specifically with Syncthing, I find that it rarely fails and when it does there are good reasons and I need to do something about it (eg I used the wrong version config.xml recently trying to migrate between Syncthing setups).

You learn something new every day here ;) The good thing about kdialog is you can’t miss it. Thanks.

I went for this one and it works with both notify-send and /dev/pts/0. Not sure why it is better, but I opted for the latter. Simple, lightweight and versatile, suitable for any process.

Any KDE Plasma users reading this, to enable notifications history for these you can follow the instructions here. Many thanks everyone.

Interesting. Just tested, and my ethernet works in a live USB session, so it doesn’t look like it is locked by Windows. Also, I have been properly shutting down, only logging into debian for a couple of weeks but the problem persists.

Good idea. With the live USB my ethernet works fine right from the start. So, it’s not hardware or windows. The one difference I see between the live USB and my current setup is that in the live USB session sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service returns also the line below which is missing when I execute the command in my actual setup:

audit: op="statistics" interface="enx0050b6cOf7f3" if index=3 args="2000" pid= 1957 uid=1000 result="success"

But Info Center in KDE Plasma lists “enx0050b6cOf7f3” as in my original post.

So, ethernet hardware functions, it works as expected with live USB and Windows. In the debian setup it is detected with an inet address, but NetworkManager ignores it.

DHCP also works – my wifi connection in this debian setup works, as do several devices connected to wifi and ethernet.