Last year whenever people asked me what to use when building a home server, I'd tell them to use Linux or FreeBSD because there was absolutely nothing from Microsoft under a few hundred dollars. There ...

Ever since the announcement of the Raspberry Pi, sites all across the Internet have offered lots of interesting and challenging uses for this exciting device. Although all of those ideas are great, ...

Setting up a file server doesn't need to be complicated. With three desktop machines (Kubuntu, Win XP and a testbed, which is currently running ReactOS) and a laptop (Xubuntu) in use at home, our IT ...

When planning out and setting up your home lab, there are a few viable routes to go about it. This includes choosing the right operating system (OS) for the job. We'd often recommend Proxmox, but it's ...

Media files, data synchronization, and remote backups, oh my! Home computing has advanced to a point where it's practical to run your own home server, and we're running down the five best tools for ...

I am considered emptying my parts closet and creating a home file server, with the main goal being using it to conduct my daily incremental backups to, store all of the family photos/videos in a ...

Migrating from pfSense to a Linux router/DNS server for my home network karank1590 Feb 20, 2021 Jump to latest Follow Reply K ...

The underlying OS looks to be Debian 4.0. At this point it looks like the major server applications I will be using will include: Bacula -- for system backups, incremental backups and bare metal ...