I have my media on a disk separate from the rest of the VM. I set that disk to not be included in snapshots, then snapshot the VM before upgrades.

Idk but I wouldn’t risk it when it’s easy to encrypt stuff. Good security is done in layers.

What about a torrent? You’ll have to encrypt with 7zip or something to keep it secure, but that and qbitorrent will do the trick.

You won’t be able to upgrade to new versions when the support contract runs out, but you can install updates to the existing version as long as updates are made for it. This has always been the lifecycle for perpetual licensing. It’s good forever, but at a certain point it becomes a security risk to continue using. The difference here is they won’t sell you another perpetual license when the lifecycle is up.

They’re terminating in the sense that they won’t sell it anymore. They’re not breaking the licensing they’ve already sold (mostly, there was some fuckery with activating licensing they sold through third parties)

Both of them:

Program: crashes

I 3D print a “missile switch cover” type of . It makes it possible to flip the switch easy enough, but prevents turning it off by muscle memory.

For vacations, I have a vacations category. However, for one-time large purchases (like furniture), I hide the category forever afterwards.

Hot water could be worse than cold for the same reason that a fart smells worse in the shower.