There are state and government IT departments.

Fun idea

Well then if you are not afraid of tinkering creality printers are great to dip a toe at that price point and also serve to give you a solid foundation of the hobby. I started with a standard ender3 and then upgraded for a while as I learned more and finally have settled for now with a bambulab.

I think it would be better to say what your budget is since entry level is subjective.

What printer, what slicer, what settings, what filament would help people give you assistance.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5364705

Sure. They’re exactly the same then.

One is owned by a multinational company and the other isn’t.

Servers aren’t free though. So you’re going to get people who do it as a passion project and hope they have the tools to moderate their own instance or a small team of volunteers to help which is dependent on unpaid labor.

There needs to be money behind any stability.

Any recommendations?

Pihole!