Goodbye Zoneminder, hello Frigate
I’ve been a long time user of Zoneminder but not any more…
Setting up Redhat to run Home Assistant
Today I’m going to look at installing Redhat on an intel NUC and then setting up a virtual machine to run Home Assistant…
Which OS?
The first step in my home server rebuild was to choose and install a base OS on which I could then run multiple virtual machines…
What watts?
I’m so bored in lockdown that I’ve been using a smart plug to measure power draw from various devices…
Linux to OneDrive via Synology
I run Home Assistant and a number of other things from a small Linux PC that acts as my server. It’s not storing much critical data but it would be a pain if I lost all of the configuration…
Rebuilding my home server
Have you ever had the urge to reinstall a machine from scratch? Maybe you’ve found a better way to do something and feel a clean install would be a good idea?
Home Assistant Review
Well that was good timing – events this week have made this review suddenly topical. The recent issues with Amazon Web Services have highlighted the danger of relying on cloud services…
Too many options
I’ve written previously that I think there are too many programming languages. I’ll expand that. There’s too much technology…