Yeah, would much prefer depth of content to breadth. I love exploring and finding things as much as the next completioninst, but if it is just filler, the world feels hollow. Last handful of AC games have been massive maps with very little uniqueness outside the main story. Also hate auto generated fetch quests and mobile game stores they shove in.

Did Synology when setting mine up. Fairly simple to set up and manage. I did upgrade the memory using a 8GB samsung unit (the synology branded was like half the capacity and twice the price) to beef it up a bit. Been working great for my purposes

10 definitely had it's hodge podge ui elements. Usually with a "fresh" UI, and a classic one. This is especially noticeable with settings