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 ...

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 ...

Using Linux as the base of your home lab is a great way to open the door to countless software solutions and a lightweight operating system with impressive capabilities. Linux powers most servers ...

I'm ready to take the plunge and build my own home server, but I'm not sure which route I should take. I've seen guides for FreeNAS, Amahi, and even regular ol' desktop Linux, but which should I use?

Some people like their homelabs to be as big and fancy as possible, with racks of new or surplus server hardware sucking down power. [Hardware Haven] evidently has the opposite idea, given he just … ...

If you find a reason to move the Linux home directory from one drive to another, Jack Wallen has the step I’ve had a few instances in which relocating the HOME directory on either a Linux ...

I currently run pfSense for the past couple years or so and was planning to migrate to a Linux distro for my home network (I've seen the Ars guide to build a Linux router: https://arstechnica.com ...