7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in
…without extra monthly fees), and a NAS can even run Plex if you also want it to be your media server at the same time. You can kind of use Windows to…
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I swapped Spotify for a Navidrome server, and my music finally feels like mine again
…Related I finally found an open-source Plex client that feels better than the official app Plezy is the Plex app that Plex should have built, and it's completely free The…
8 self-hosted services a total beginner can set up in a single weekend
…See at RustDesk Jellyfin Your personal streaming service Setting up a media server barely takes 20 minutes. Jellyfin is a free, open-source alternative to Plex that handles your movies and TV…
I ditched my Roku after Fox's $22 billion acquisition, and my media server is doing things streaming apps can't
I ditched my Roku after Fox's $22 billion acquisition, and my media server is doing things streaming apps can't
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My entire homelab runs on an 8-year-old laptop most people would throw away
…I wanted a self-hosted media streaming service, where I have all the controls and the media isn’t stored on a cloud server. Plex could have been the reliable solution for…
I fixed Jellyfin's metadata first, and it solved problems hardware transcoding never could
…It felt like the grown-up switch, the one that separated a casual media server from something you could actually trust in the living room. If a movie stuttered, a phone refused…
I replaced my Fire TV Stick with a mini PC, and now my TV does things Amazon never intended
…There are no interruptions for the streaming apps. For the media server, it was easy to install Jellyfin Server on Windows 11 . I installed Jellyfin Media Player on the same mini PC…
I replaced 6 paid subscriptions with a homelab on an old laptop — here's the full stack
…I have been using Docker for all my apps and websites online for more than a year now. Still, while setting up the server, I had to go through several Docker troubleshooting…
Most people waste money on mini PCs when their old laptop is already a better home server
…Home servers fall squarely into that category. Most of what we ask of them — media streaming, file sharing, light container workloads — barely scratches the surface of what even a 6-year-old…
Prime Day slashes this x86 NAS down to $240 — a steal for backing up TBs of media without cloud subscriptions
…Sign in to your XDA account Capable of backing up essential files and archiving TBs of media, Network-Attached Storage servers are worth grabbing if you’re planning to move away from…