I moved my retro game library to Jellyfin, and now I can play them from anywhere
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For a VPN for torrents, make sure you use one that supports port forwarding. AirVPN is a good choice. If you're okay with Docker, gluetun is a good choice - you create a Gluetun container for the VPN, then any other Docker containers (torrent client, whatever) can use the VPN. It avoids having to use the VPN for everything.