I have some kind of Kodi client in my living room, and also in every bedroom of my house, mostly running with OpenELEC. My kids have been enjoying this wonderful service in their own rooms all streaming nicely from my Amahi Home Server. One of my kids recently decided to … read more
Home Servers are becoming more common and it is very easy for a newbie to get lost while finding the best home server software. We have described what a HTPC is and what it is used for. A home server on the other hand takes care of file serving, downloading, … read more
Let us look at some of the most common network attached storage server or home server uses for the sake of people wondering why have a home server? Recently, we described what is HTPC and what it is used for? We also presented an energy efficient HTPC Home Server combo … read more
Plex vs Kodi is a question that is commonly asked by beginners who are trying to setup a media center. Plex Media Server (plex.tv) is a server based program which streams your media files to a variety of client devices with a client side Plex application installed. The Plex Media … read more
I’ve been trying various Home Server and HTPC solutions for some time now and in this post I will review Amahi Home Server. Originally I had an all-in-one HTPC NAS combo machine connected to my TV, running Windows. When I discovered the awesomeness of Kodi (previously XBMC) a couple of … read more
Let’s start the party and burn the couches, the all new Raspberry Pi 2 is now on sale for $35. Three years after the Raspberry Pi model B was launched in 2012, the Raspberry Pi foundation announced today that the release of highly anticipated next version of the credit card … read more
Making a user administrator is usually the best way to give a user access to sudo, but this guide will show you how to modify Sudoers file to give a user or group access to sudo. If you are changing a user’s group(s), follow our guide on safely changing user’s … read more
The popularity of XBMC / Kodi boxes are at a all time high and this VidOn Box review presents you with one more option to help you decide. While some may prefer to have a full powered HTPC NAS Combo, many may prefer standalone devices that can function as compact … read more
Kodi advanced settings stored in advancedsettings.xml can be used to tweak various settings that cannot be edited through the GUI. Advanced settings, as the name suggests, are “advanced” and hence most users do not have to set them. Some examples of Kodi or XBMC advancedsettings.xml include MySQL library, episode naming … read more