The best home server OS in 2026 isn't trying to be a NAS at all
…While you can use it to serve files without adding anything else, it really shines when you virtualize TrueNAS or other ZFS-based NAS OSes on top of it, giving you the…
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I wanted a Synology home server until I realized it was designed to stop me from building one
…Related Proxmox running Xpenology gave me the best of both worlds for my home NAS Synology > TrueNAS > Synology. The features are there, but they’re secondary Synology also got rid of a…
Synology spent years earning your trust and cashed it in on hard drive compatibility
…Between QNAP, UGREEN , or just a custom-built TrueNAS setup, there are alternatives even though they might not be as simple to set up as a Synology. The beginning of a slippery…
Email alerts in Proxmox saved me from discovering backup failures weeks too late
…heart of my home lab/NAS setup, and while I end up working in my TrueNAS VM more often than Proxmox itself, it's still important to make sure everything is backed…
I quantized a local LLM on my home server and ditched cloud AI for smart home control entirely
…Likewise, since I’ve connected my TrueNAS workstation to Home Assistant, I rely on my voice-controlled agent and trigger-action automations to monitor its operations, but I used an MCP server…
4 unique integrations you never thought of using with Home Assistant
…Likewise, you’ll find integrations for TrueNAS, Unraid, OpenMediaVault, and other server platforms, while the unofficial Frigate repository makes pulling security camera footage and configuring motion detection automations a cinch. If you…
This free self-hosted app turned my Jellyfin server into a YouTube archive overnight
…My game plan was to use a virtual machine deployed on a TrueNAS dataset to not only set up Pinchflat, but also house the videos it’d eventually download. Then, I’d…
Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free)
…killer server for your FOSS tools once you equip it with the likes of Proxmox, TrueNAS, or other server/NAS platforms. Related I finally found the best Portainer replacement for managing Docker…
This free tool is the Jellyfin for comics — and it turned my chaotic collection into a proper library
…The neat part is that Komga is available as a Docker container , a desktop app, and on Linux servers and NAS boxes via TrueNAS Scale, FreeNAS, QNAP, and others. The neat web…
I run Proxmox and Docker together in my homelab, and here's why treating them as rivals wastes resources
…Proxmox is great for running virtual applications, such as OpenVPN, OPNsense , TrueNAS, and even Windows . Docker is better used for databases, smaller apps, and microservices. Think Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and Open WebUI for…