I turned my Android phone into a laptop replacement, and it's more productive than I expected
…If I'm sitting at a desk with access to both devices, I would rather use a laptop almost every single time. What I wanted to find out was how much work…
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Stop buying mesh Wi-Fi before trying these free yet game-changing network upgrades
…It's a collection of settings that can prioritize traffic for certain devices, so that bandwidth saturation from tons of devices doesn't play spoilsport. You'll probably want to prioritize your…
This $9 switch makes it a breeze to add ports to your network
…It features five Gigabit ports, which should be enough to handle most devices you're likely to connect to a network, like, laptops, PCs, printers, game consoles, smart home products, NAS, access…
I finally stopped forcing local LLMs and switched back to cloud AI
…Premium tiers got you more generous limits and access to powerful models (and features earlier than most). The first bit was sorted by bouncing between free tiers of different tools, and the…
I don't pay for these 3 Google services anymore, and here's what I use instead
…It allows me to sync files across devices, and it comes with a free mobile app to access the files on the move. I can also access it through the web interface…
I bought a KVM-over-IP for my home lab, and I can't believe I waited this long
…access without using the GLKVM app), but I could use Zerotier for a similar setup. It all really depends on your home lab, and the best devices offer options without limiting you…
5 reasons to switch from OneDrive to Proton Drive
…When you share confidential photos and files, you have the option to password-protect the link to avoid unauthorized access. You can also set an expiry date to limit access to a…
Waydroid runs Android apps on Linux better than Windows ever ran them on WSA
…But WSA had a very limited list of apps that I could access via its Amazon App Store partnership. Also, the core idea was to run a virtualized Android system and make…
Flatpak 1.16.4 patches a critical flaw that gave apps full host access
…You can control what a Flatpak can and cannot do through apps such as Flatseal, so your apps can't access files or devices if you don't want them to. Unfortunately…
My entire homelab runs on an 8-year-old laptop most people would throw away
…Even though I already had a NAS, my robust VLAN-based network setup made accessing files across multiple devices difficult. My NAS was connected to one VLAN, whereas my PC on LAN…