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Perform multiple SSH hops with SSH config and a jump host
SSH is one of those tools that once you learn you wonder how you ever lived without it. Today, we'll cover some tricks to pimp your SSH workflow using the ~/.ssh/config file. SSH…
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From the people who build the images: release notes, deep dives, guides and the occasional opinion.
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Revisiting the HP ProLiant Gen8 G1610T Microserver
One of the most popular pieces on this site was an article I wrote just over a year and a half ago on how to set up an affordable and small home server. It proved wildly popular…
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Managing your music collection with beets
Any audiophile will attest to compiling albums well into the hundreds, or even thousands. When a music collection grows, it can become harder to keep it well managed. The main…
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ARMed and ready
With the recent announcement of the official docker package for raspberry pi the linuxserver.io team have stepped up production of docker images for the popular armhf platform. At…
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A fresh new look.
For a while now, LinuxServer has become a name in the Docker community. Combining ease-of-use with some of the most popular applications available for those with home servers. To…
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6 million docker pulls!
We are ecstatic to announce that our docker images have been pulled over 6 million times! The time and effort gone into writing and maintaining our images has clearly paid off as…
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Opinion: Why Apple were wrong to remove the headphone jack in 2016
It’s too soon to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from consumer electronics. To deprecate a universally standard interface for anything should require a very good reason, “courage”…
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Installing Nextcloud on Unraid
This seems to generate a lot of questions and queries so thought I’d do a quick walkthrough. First of all you need to install MariaDB, now one of the stipulations of Nextcloud is…
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Changes to our Plex Docker container
At the time of writing this article the linuxserver/plex container has been pulled 184,679 times from Docker hub. Our container was the first to properly support switching between…
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Manage a Unifi AP via the Ubiquiti controller running in Docker
The Ubiquiti wireless access points are new to me but damn are they fantastic! Rather than logging into each AP via it’s IP directly, you are required to use the Ubiquiti…
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Installing Linux on the Dell XPS 13 (2016) 9350 Skylake revision
Let me begin by saying if you are reading this article considering whether or not to purchase the Dell XPS 13 (9350) Skylake revision to run Linux, just do it. The build quality…
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The Perfect Media Server 2016
The Perfect Media Series has a new home at perfectmediaserver.com. This series remains public here for informational purposes only - for questions or support please visit the new…