Every six months, Canonical releases a new version of its Ubuntu OS; however, the version that will release today is different than the others because of some details. For starters, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will be a Long Term Support version, which means it will get support and updates from Canonical for … read more
Monit can monitor ShellInABox and notify you if it stops running for some reason. Setting up a remotely accessible shell with ShellInABox is awesome. But what if ShellInABox process closes and you did not even know? You may not be able to gain shell access on your server through the … read more
Monit can monitor Transmission and notify you if it stops running for some reason. Setting up a completely automated home server is awesome. But what if one of your apps fails and you did not even know? You may be waiting for your movie or episode to be downloaded but … read more
If you followed our tutorial to install FlexGet on Windows, you know by now you can automate your downloads with FlexGet. You also are probably aware of the fact that if you know how to configure FlexGet and how to use FlexGet Daemon mode, you can get series and movies … read more
Emby is an application useful to set up and manage your own media center, and connecting several devices within your network (or outside of it) to your home server, to stream media and enjoy your content wherever you are. In this regard it is similar to Plex, and you could … read more
Monit can monitor qBittorrent and notify you if it stops running for some reason. Setting up a completely automated home server is awesome. But what if one of your apps fails and you did not even know? You may be waiting for your movie or episode to be downloaded but … read more
Let’s assume for a moment you already have followed our tutorial to install FlexGet on Ubuntu. Perhaps you took the Windows route instead and followed our guide to install FlexGet on Windows. You are probably wondering what to do now with this small yet useful software for your HTPC. If you already have an … read more
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus, the next iteration of Ubuntu will be here shortly and we want to get you started by showing how to install Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus. I strongly recommend LTS (Long Term Support) releases for Ubuntu based home server setup for stability and support … read more
Emby is an application useful to set up and manage your own media center, and connecting several devices within your network (or outside of it) to your home server, to stream media and enjoy your content wherever you are. In this regard it is similar to Plex, and you could … read more