Adam Conway

1 week ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

I've been playing around with networking in recent months, including setting up my own OPNsense box and deploying Proxmox on a few machines. I've been loving it, and from a security enthusiast's point of view, some of the data that I could see in OPNsense was very interesting. Through tools like CrowdSec, I could see automated port scanners getting blocked, and it made me take a closer look at home networking and security in general.

1 week ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

Home Assistant is one of the best free and open-source applications out there, and it's easy to deploy and get set up for even the most basic of use cases. I dove head-first a few months ago into sensors, software integrations, and automation a few months ago, and there's been a lot to learn. Given that I had been running it in a container on TrueNAS for a long time, I finally decided to migrate it to a mini PC running Proxmox I have lying around.

1 week ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

I'm a gamer, and games are the only reason I'm still on Windows. I use a Mac for most of my day-to-day work, my servers have used Linux for years, and I frequently use WSL even on Windows when doing development work or interacting with my servers. Years and years ago, I'd tried to switch to Linux, but most of the games I played simply weren't playable. Now, though, things are different, and fantastic devices like the Steam Deck prove that Linux is viable as a gaming platform these days.

1 week ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

Not everyone thinks you should virtualize your OPNsense or pfSense, and with good reason. There's a solid argument to be made that running your network on bare metal is safer and more predictable, but tools like Proxmox and even ESXi are mature and robust enough that many people use those platforms to virtualize their router and firewall. I'm one of those people, and here's why I do it.

1 week ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

Games have been getting big, with some coming in at more than 100GB in size. If you're limited on storage space, you don't typically have many options. You can uninstall some of your least-played games, but if you don't have a fast internet connection, that can still be frustrating. You could also invest in more storage or even external storage, but that can be expensive, you might be limited on slots, or it might be slower. There's another, free tool that can help you, though: CompactGUI.