Home Assistant's best upgrade costs nothing, but it changes everything
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Linux might never replace Windows, so Valve is putting it in your living room instead
4d agoMost people don't hate Linux, they just hate the first distro they tried
6d agoLinux desktops finally learned restraint, and that's the upgrade Windows still hasn't made
1w agoThe Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
1w agoI ran three home server apps on the Orange Pi Zero 3W to see where it would break, but it hasn't
…The Zero 3W lets you do the same thing and run a full Linux userland in roughly the same envelope, which opens up workloads an ESP32 simply cannot touch. You can run…
Your NAS is wasted if it is just a dumb storage box — you can do a lot more with it
…Immich Key highlights Self-hosted iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes Immich is a self-hosted photo and video backup solution. See at Immich Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible…
This self-hosted Office 365 alternative is fine, but here's how I turned it into my private cloud setup
…Nextcloud OS Windows, macOS, Linux Key highlights Self-hosted, open source iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes Desktop compatible Yes See at Nextcloud
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 switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
…deployed one based on Rocky Linux, and even though Linux jails are supposed to be experimental, it was able to run typical CLI tools without throwing compatibility errors. Related I tried using…
Smart home guides keep pushing the wrong starter setup – here are some tips that actually work
…Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes See at Apple App Store See at Google Play Store See at Home Assistant
Tailscale replaced my dynamic DNS setup, and I stopped worrying about IP addresses entirely
…Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes See at Apple App Store See at Google Play Store See at Home Assistant How Tailscale works differently to provide…
I've been running SteamOS on a non-Steam mini PC, and it makes a better living room console than I expected
…The company then decided to take this further and launch hardware, and even got around to creating Proton, which revolutionized gaming on Linux. To say Gabe's company has been busy would…
This is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
…No annoying compatibility issues with Linux drivers, it just works, and I appreciate that. The only annoyance is that BIOS updates have to be initiated from Windows via a BAT file; there…