There are some good Matrix community, on matrix.org as well as individually run homeservers (federated).

Leaving a comment here on behalf of HIMYM: Bowl.

Edit: Pycharm works well too.

Py-Charm isn’t a Python interpreter, it’s an IDE. It has a purpose.

over to Linux full-time back in ~3.15. I recommend you join the LUG Org (Linux User Group), as they have a load of resources in case you get stuck and have some people working on specialised Wine runners. They also run a Matrix Space that’s worth joining.

For email and VPN, I recommend Proton. Even their free tier works well.

Just to make it clear to any other people reading this, Jellyfin has Group Sync where you can create groups with participants and syncplay media.