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Wake on LAN
Turn on your PC over LAN with Magic Packets. A guide to verifying WOL support, enabling it in BIOS and the OS, and sending magic packets.
NVIDIA DCGM Exporter
Monitor your GPUs with Grafana, Prometheus, and DCGM Exporter
MDADM RAID 0 (Striping)
Setting up the fastest RAID configuration with MDADM RAID 0. A guide covering installation, disk preparation, array creation, formatting, mounting, and auto-mount via fstab.
Test Drive Performance (fio)
Benchmarks for testing your drive with fio. Covers random read/write, sequential read/write, sequential read only, and random write only tests with parameter explanations.
Install Node JS (Windows)
How to install Node.js with Scoop and FNM on Windows.
Prometheus Docker Setup
Setup Prometheus in Docker on Linux and hook it up as a data source in Grafana. A guide covering config creation, Docker networking, and container deployment via Portainer.
Install FE Ubuntu Desktop on COMET
How to install FriendlyElec Ubuntu Desktop on COMET eMMC
Run a Locally Hosted AI
A concise guide to deploying Open WebUI with bundled Ollama support via Docker on Ubuntu 24.04, with both GPU and CPU-only configurations.
Backup and Restore MDADM Raid
A guide to backing up and restoring MDADM RAID arrays after an OS reinstall, including how to reassemble the array, add a spare drive, and mount via fstab.
Ubuntu Samba Share
A guide to setting up a secured Samba share on Ubuntu with username/password authentication, covering installation, configuration, permissions, and mounting the drive on both Windows and Linux.
Dockerize FileZilla FTP
A guide to running FileZilla as a Docker container with browser-based access, covering Docker Compose configuration, user/group permissions, and RAID array mounting.
Home Assistant on Docker
A guide to deploying Home Assistant on Docker using Portainer, covering Docker Compose configuration, USB Zigbee dongle passthrough, and initial onboarding setup.