7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in
…But realistically, if you want to extend the life of your PC, you shouldn't abide by what Microsoft defines as the end of support, and Linux is the way to go…
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You don't need to wait for SteamOS to have a great couch PC - here's what to use instead
…It's well optimized, easy to navigate, and despite being based on Arch Linux, your library is well-supported thanks to the Proton compatibility layer. It's very easy to see how…
I gave my home lab self-healing powers using Prometheus, Grafana, and one free monitoring stack
…It provides comprehensive visualizations for CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics scraped from Linux hosts like Proxmox nodes, and can be imported in seconds using the dashboard import feature. Not quite. The…
Your home lab's biggest mistake might be running everything in LXCs
…Networking in LXCs can be perfectly fine, but VPNs have a way of touching the parts of Linux networking you do not want hidden behind assumptions. Routing, firewall rules, forwarding, interface behavior…
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Linux 7.1 is here, and it kills i486 support, fixes Steam Deck audio, and overhauls NTFS
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…subnet router By default, OPNsense supports the WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IPsec protocols for a self-hosted VPN configuration. But since my ISP has locked my home network behind a CGNAT, exposing a…
CachyOS has a one-click Windows VM button, and dual-booting feels completely outdated
…industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's…
I used Cockpit instead of a full NAS OS, and my spare Linux box finally made sense for home storage
…Sign in to your XDA account When it comes to building a Network-Attached Storage server, you’ve got a plethora of distributions to choose from. TrueNAS , Unraid, and OpenMediaVault are the…
I put my Steam library on my NAS, and it was both brilliant and stupid
…As long as you’ve got 5GbE (or even 2.5GbE) support on your NAS, gaming machine, and network switch, you can offload massive titles requiring hundreds of GBs of space on…
The ESP32 makes more sense than a Raspberry Pi for your smart home
…Full Linux PC is an overkill for a smart home Firmware over full OS You can run a full Linux on the Raspberry Pi , which includes a file system, networking stack, scheduler…
Stop buying networking gear for your smart home that looks good on paper but fails in practice
…industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's…