He wants to try to use opnsense due to the problems with netgate.

Thanks for the suggestion. I found a 2 port nic that should work, but I will keep looking for a 4 port

yeah is a dead standard, but i got a good audio interface from 2003 dirt cheap off ebay.

yes i have

I agree. Zorin OS is another good option, if people accept the fact that new users don’t care about snaps vs flatpaks. And Zorin OS Pro helps the distro maintainers put food on the table. BTW, its been too long of a wait for Zorin Grid