I picked Proxmox over TrueNAS Scale for my home lab, and I'd make the same choice today
…I wanted a free OS that'd enable me to run services on a standard set of ATX hardware, and two names rose to the top: TrueNAS Scale and Proxmox . Both were…
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I didn't expect delaying Windows and Nvidia updates to be the best strategy for 2026, but here we are
…AMD users have reported dealing with random TPM stutter regressions resurfacing in newer builds, Intel systems have run into bizarre scheduler inconsistencies after cumulative updates, and Nvidia users are still getting caught…
I built my own Googlebook with a Raspberry Pi, local LLMs, and old hardware
Ayush Pande May 17, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Krita's AI plugins do what Photoshop charges $120 a year for, and the results surprised me
Ayush Pande Jun 6, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
PlayStation's digital pricing got so bad that the $80 disc drive became my best purchase
…Related 5 complaints I have from the current console generation The ninth gaming generation has been a letdown, riddled with high costs and industry-wide setbacks. The console and its disc drive…
I disabled frame generation in three AAA titles, and it proved some games are better off without it
…Since launch, Steam community threads have been rife with complaints relating to poor optimization , and some users have been quick to point fingers at the anti-piracy software, Denuvo. While there's…
I stopped recommending Linux Mint after trying Lubuntu on a nine-year-old laptop
…Linux Mint is a common recommendation that's stable and modern enough to have all the features you need, but there are others that are more focused on even older hardware, like…
Docker Manager finally gave me a container management UI I can use on smartphones
Ayush Pande Jun 7, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
I replaced 6 paid subscriptions with a homelab on an old laptop — here's the full stack
…of dollars a year The laptop nobody wanted is still running everything Old hardware, one job, zero complaints I have been running a Synology NAS that I won in a random giveaway…
Cloudflare Mesh gave me everything Tailscale did, minus another company in my network
…He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ecosystems. Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS…