QNAP designation of MinimServer as EOL

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This is kind of worrying. Who knows when it wont’t be possible to run Minim on a QTS QNAP natively any longer.
I have no intention of messing around with docker containers, so I did a bit of testing with my Samsung Galaxy laptop running Windows 11.
I installed Java and MinimServer on it and modified the energy saving setting such that it will never fall asleep and only turn off the screen when closing the lid.

There are surely various reasons for people to run NAS devices. Mine is purely to have a central storage and running media server(s).
For this purpose I never really considered my laptop to be an option as I thought it would draw too much power. This is not so. In idle state with Minim running it consumes 4 -5 watts.

So if/when my NAS dies or I won’t be able to run the software of my choice on it I will ditch it and replace it with a cheap/second-hand laptop and use a WD Red SSD drive in an external case for storage.No more messing around with a proprietary OS in future.

Just a heads-up for those with similar requirements.