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Hodgepodge 3xNAS Part 18 PLEX vs Kodi

Published on July 15, 2023 at 10:18 am by LEW

In this final installment of the series, we will look at the Media Servers PLEX and KODI. Both have a common origin and pedigree. And while both give you similar displays, under the hood they work in significantly different fashions. These differences should be the primary reason for choosing one over the other. This video talks about the more significant differences.

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Hodgepodge 3xNAS Part 10 Cockpit Web GUI RAID 5

Published on May 30, 2023 at 3:45 pm by LEW

Introduction

In the last post we created a RAID 5 array from the command line. In this post we are going to do the same thing using the Cockpit GUI for our virtual Debian 12 Server. Because of the number of pictures I was using, I decided to do a video instead of the standard text write up.

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Portable Arch Linux On USB The Build

Published on October 8, 2022 at 8:39 pm by LEW

Introduction

I talked about building Linux persistent Operating system (OS) on a USB key and why you might want to do it in the last post. In this post I will build an Arch Linux persistent OS on a USB Key. (more…)

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Portable Arch Linux On USB

Published on October 6, 2022 at 11:43 pm by LEW

Introduction

In this post I am going to attempt to build a full functional persistent Linux Operating System (OS) on a removable media USB device. (more…)

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Kodi Media Client setup

Published on August 5, 2022 at 5:57 pm by LEW

Introduction

In previous posts, in this series, we built a simple media server on our local LAN. In this final post of the series, we will add a home theater client computer that connects to our media server. (more…)

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