I ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
…Pro Wall $199 at Official Site $199 at Amazon I can manage everything from one dashboard Every UniFi appliance I have goes in one place to be dealt with While I played…
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I turned an 8th Gen Intel PC into a retro console, and it surprised me
…An aging office PC can't replace a modern gaming system, but it doesn't need to. With the right expectations and software installed, old PCs such as the one that I…
Building my own NAS taught me why prebuilt enclosures are holding you back
…restrictive, like other prebuilt NAS software. Regardless of which brand you opt for, you'll eventually need to deal with Docker once the first-party and official app store catalogs have dried…
I tried Fedora and learned why it's not the beginner Linux distro everyone assumes it is
…It's especially frustrating because software locked behind RPMfusion can include drivers and codecs, too, which you'd almost certainly expect to just work out of the box. If you have an…
My $15 Raspberry Pi hosts my password manager and gets rid of expensive subscriptions
…a simple way to deploy tools via its software interface. You can download the appropriate DietPi version for your SBC from the official website or use the Raspberry Pi Imager. The tool…
A used office PC is the best media center upgrade I've made in years
…Performance is where everything finally clicks Why a used office PC fixes what most media setups struggle with Performance is the first thing you notice when you switch to a used office…
I rebuilt my Windows install around Winget and dotfiles, and it feels like Linux (in a good way)
…UAC windows will be minimal, so Winget can mostly deal with everything by itself. Downloading and installing a long list of software will still take some time, but you can tend to…
The Android Auto feature nobody talks about but everyone should use
…I used the same approach ahead of an upcoming passport office meeting, telling it: "I’m heading to the passport office next week. Create a checklist of documents I need to carry…
I replaced my expensive Microsoft 365 subscription with these free alternatives and couldn’t be happier
…I had tried Thunderbird in the past, but the lack of a mobile app was a deal-breaker. That all changed with the official arrival of Thunderbird on Android. I have now…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
…It pretends to be a different machine entirely, translating every instruction the guest software tries to run into instructions the host machine understands. When a PS2 emulator runs a game, it's…