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Setting up 4 x Raspberry Pi as a media wall / PiWall

Quick notes on setting up 4 Raspberry Pi’s for a media wall using the PiWall info from piwall.co.uk and the...

Setting up a Raspberry Pi 3 as a WiFi media server

So, until now, on long trips, I had setup a small netbook running Ubuntu with a DLNA media server, with...

Replacing server hard drives with larger ones using CloneZilla

Replacing server hard drives with larger ones using CloneZilla

These are the steps I use to replace/upgrade hard drives in a server.  In this example, I am upgrading from...

3 Ways to install a Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway (USG)

3 Ways to install a Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway (USG)

1) External UniFi Controller On the external UniFi controller, log in and click on the settings icon (two gears in...

Installing Emby on Ubuntu 15.04 server

Installing Emby on Ubuntu 15.04 server

I’m creating this because I setup Emby on Ubuntu 14.04 server and then ended up with have the metadata missing....

How To: Netflix style streaming site for your home

How To: Netflix style streaming site for your home

Currently I have a data server using unRaid that is also used to store media.  I run the PS3 Media...

Manually Adding Ubiquiti Unifi Access Point To Unifi Contoller

Manually Adding Ubiquiti Unifi Access Point To Unifi Contoller

This is the process to add a new Unifi AP to the Unifi controller when discovery doesn’t work.  In our...

Never buying AMD again, and here’s why…

Never buying AMD again, and here’s why…

UPDATE: So, I went to purchase another i7 and realized that the price I listed was a super good deal....

WIKISPEED projects… what a joke!

WIKISPEED projects… what a joke!

A while ago, I was watching Translogic on my smart TV and they mentioned a 100MPG car from Wikispeed.  I...

Automount as needed NFS shares

Automount as needed NFS shares

In this example, we’re going to setup an automount rule using autofs to mount /home using NFS when a user...