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…Most home lab administration just comes down to reaching a machine and running a few commands. With Tailscale on my home server and on my smartphone, that is easy enough to achieve…
6 things your NAS can do that have nothing to do with storage
…It can function as the brain of your smart home Home Assistant runs great on a NAS Run Home Assistant on the NAS and your automations keep firing locally, without the cloud…
Raspberry Pi 5's price hike pushed me toward mini PCs, and now I can't justify going back
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account When Raspberry Pi 5 got a price hike, my first reaction…
I ditched my dedicated GPU for integrated graphics and cut my power bill in half
…Jellyfin iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes Desktop compatible Yes Jellyfin is one of the best Plex alternatives you can get, and that's thanks to its open-source nature and powerful…
Microsoft keeps promising WSL will finally feel native, and I'm tired of waiting
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Whenever I try to SSH from my Windows 11 desktop to…
I manage my ESP32 boards with this free self-hosted tool
…ESP32 gizmos, in particular, are useful for smart home nuts like yours truly, as they can be used for everything from Bluetooth proxies and e-ink dashboards to reliable network scanners and…
Android Auto is better when you disable most of your smartphone features
…03 / 8 Compatibility Which of the following smartphone operating systems is compatible with Android Auto? A Android 5.0 and above B Android 6.0 and above C Android 8.0 and…
Your Raspberry Pi will outlast your PC if you stop treating it like one
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Somewhere out there, Raspberry Pi boards have been running nonstop for…
4 ways I stopped fighting Android Auto and started customizing it instead
…03 / 8 Compatibility Which of the following smartphone operating systems is compatible with Android Auto? A Android 5.0 and above B Android 6.0 and above C Android 8.0 and…