I think it’s like with bears, where parks have the issue of designing a trashcan that is easy for humans to open but hard for bears to open - there’s a significant overlap between the dumbest humans and the smartest bears. I’d argue it’s the same with crows.
light. used to struggle hard to wake up even with several loud alarms, but a bright light turning on before my alarm made it so much easier. especially nice is a smart bulb that brightens slowly.
I know stuff is missing from it and it doesn’t have reviews, but when i’m on my own i just check organic maps first, if i find something that looks decent i just try it.
when traveling with others i often have to turn to tripadvisor or google maps to make sure to find something they like, not everyone is as happy to just try as me.
i’d suggest starting by finding out what package in your distro actually decides where audio goes - mostly it is pulseaudio (older) or pipewire (newer).
depending on the details of how your distro and the dongle work, it could either be a simple “pactl set-default-sink <headset-name>”, or a more complicated set of udev rules or pipewire/wireplumber scripts.
note that distros using pipewire still often support a lot of pactl commands, so it may be worth looking at the simple option even when not using pulseaudio.
i’d argue yes. if it’s just a plain linux vps without any additional services, you’re still doing plenty of setup yourself.