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Media center options like Kodi and Plex are increasingly popular. Especially with a rise on cord cutting, media server alternatives offer increased flexibility. But methods like Plex, Kodi, and Emby rely on user provided content. Rather than streaming from external sources, these software choices put an onus on local file … read more
Nowadays, there are a lot of Cloud storage services like Dropbox, OneDrive, Box and others, that offer you storage available from anywhere, for next to nothing. But the problem occurs when you don’t really trust the big companies with your data. If you are more paranoid or want to have full … read more
Nowadays, there are a lot of Cloud storage services like Dropbox, OneDrive, Box and others, that offer you storage available from anywhere, for next to nothing. But the problem occurs when you don’t really trust the big companies with your data. If you are more paranoid or want to have full … read more
Home servers are incredibly useful and here are some of the best Linux home server distros to pick and OS from. Whether for network file storage or serving media, server applications vary considerably. The operating system is arguably the most important server characteristic. This dictates program compatibility, user interface, and … read more
With the turn of the new year brings a good opportunity to think about the best Home Theater PC Build 2017. There may be new technologies available to expand the capabilities of your media center or new software packages that your current build will struggle to run. Your original media center build design may … read more
There is increased interest -and technical possibilities- to get access to your home computer media and files from anywhere in the world. Applications such as Emby media server and Plex Android app, enable you to get access to your media wherever you may be located, but that’s all they are really … read more
Don’t have an extra PC laying around, no problem, just run a Ubuntu home server on VirtualBox VM. I have been pumping out VirtualBox tutorials over the last two months. Some have asked me if VirtualBox is somehow related to HTPCs. This post will answer that question. This post is … 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
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