I revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel
…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
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Steam Machine Verified just made the mini PC the most interesting gaming device of 2026
…The Steam Deck showed that people will use a Linux-based gaming device if it actually works. Proton did that heavy lifting by making most Windows games run properly. SteamOS has also…
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 didn’t expect this GPU-powered SNES emulator to make 16-bit games look this good
…Fast-forward to 2026, and after nearly two decades of silence, ZSNES is back as Super ZSNES , a new take on Super Nintendo emulation that's GPU-powered and rewritten by the…
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
I blamed my NAS for slow streaming until I realized what transcoding was actually doing
…Jellyfin iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes See at Jellyfin Plex OS Windows, macOS, Linux Individual pricing Free, $6.99/month, $250/lifetime See available plans at Plex Kodi See at Kodi…
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…
You don't need an expensive GPU to run a local LLM that actually works
…of transferring data between system RAM and a separate GPU's VRAM. This lets models run fast even without a discrete graphics card, which is why tools like Ollama and LM Studio…
Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
…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
Plex stopped being worth it, so I switched to this open-source alternative instead
…at least not on the Linux version. Kodi for Android has Dolby Vision if the device has the license, so if you have Dolby Vision-compatible media, you'll want that version…