…Smart TV and streaming devices were easy to integrate. I skipped adding cloud-only devices to avoid messy integration since I was building a locally responsive smart home. I installed Zigbee2MQTT integration…
…Related 6 of the coolest HACS integrations for Home Assistant users Level up your Home Assistant game with these neat HACS integrations My smart home arsenal made the default dashboard too disorganized…
…The PowerToys V0.98 update has finally addressed the one thing Windows users have envied about macOS and Linux for years: a persistent and extensible command dock. The new Command Palette Dock…
…So it added features like Virtualization-based security , Memory Integrity, Secure Boot to prevent rootkit modifications, TPM to save security keys, and all of this relies on modern hardware. UEFI, Secure Boot…
…This Linux desktop from the makers of Pop! OS seems to want to improve upon GNOME in many ways, and it already shows a lot of promise. But COSMIC isn't just…
…It’s built in C++, making it super lightweight compared to most modern note-takers, and it was originally built around ownCloud integration, though that’s fully optional. Feature-wise, it covers…
Korbin Brown Apr 6, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the…
…Adding devices to Home Assistant is as simple as locating their integrations (or installing the right apps, if they aren’t available by default) and filling in their connection details. I’ve…
…It took me a weekend to make my Hue bulbs — which I was using as dumb lights — integrated inside Home Assistant. I didn’t need any Hue Bridge or Philips account. A…
…However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics…
