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…But if you’re in the home labbing community, it’s all about building a DIY firewall/router armed with tons of security provisions to keep your networking stack safe. In fact…
…A solid setup is deliberately boring A strong Proxmox setup is not the one with the most VMs, the most dashboards, or the most complicated storage layout. It is the one you…
…Even when you run Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi, it’s still a computer running your smart home hub. Meanwhile, ESP32 is exactly what you need to build a device layer…
…I wasn’t borrowing a desktop GPU or building around some giant tower with spare headroom everywhere. This was a mini PC doing double duty as a home lab host and, when…
Added a 16x Spark Cluster to my homelab over the last few days. Curious if this is the largest Spark cluster anyone has built. About 2 years ago I had renovated my basement and built a personal lab/datacenter into my off…
On the new home that I am building, I have this type of conduit setup. Not sure of the exact material, but it looks like some type of plastic. I could step on it, and it wouldn’t break. There might be some cases where th…
So I’m moving into an apartment building and this is who they have some sort of deal with and these are the only 2 plans offered. One would be $57 monthly ( extra $7 to be able to plug a physical connection in the built …
I’m putting together a NAS/media server/homelab box and wanted to get some opinions before I finalize everything. The goal is "affordable", high-capacity storage, Plex/transcoding, 10Gb networking, and room for future ex…
TL;DR: IncusOS enforces security by default, Proxmox trusts you to configure it yourself. Immutable host, atomic updates, zero OS maintenance. Lacks PBS and a mature UI. Not a Proxmox replacement yet but worth watching. …
Another Friday is here, and that means Windows Insiders have new Windows 11 preview builds to test. In the Experimental channel (formerly Dev), Microsoft is rolling out build 26300.8497, while the…
…With support for Music Assistant, Snapcast, and Logitech Media Server (LMS), the module can be used to build whole-home audio setups, retrofit vintage speakers with modern streaming features, or power custom…
…or connecting it to Home Assistant to manage my workspace environment, the goal is zero friction. Instead of copy-pasting text back and forth, I focus on building bridges between my local…
…It is a sobering thought I have revisited often as my self-hosted setup has expanded. If you’re the only one who understands your home server, your data may effectively die…
…sh)" Setup the shell environment: echo >> /home/claw/.bashrc echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv bash)"' >> /home/claw/.bashrc eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv bash)" Install build-essentials…
…The design makes setup more versatile while delivering an impressive audio experience that I’ll get to more below. From a build standpoint, they’re attached firmly enough to hold position, but…