I’ve used both extensively, and if Start9 added something like Tailscale it would be an easy recommendation.
Doing everything through tor just plain sucks. Thusly, Umbrel wins.
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Thank you for the best and most valuable reply. Incoming Zap. And thank you for the relay as well.
I will post a note on this topic this weekend. I think I am finally happy with the setup.
Note: I have no desire to run a routing node. Which makes things much easier, in terms of maintenance.