Joe Rice-Jones

3 weeks ago | xda-developers.com | Joe Rice-Jones

Remotely accessing your home lab can be a challenging task, whether you need to access your NAS or a combination of physical and cloud servers. You could set up a VPN or maybe a reverse proxy, but those have varying levels of technical know-how to accomplish. You could use Cloudflare Tunnels, but they have restrictions on the type of data you can transmit, so you'll not be able to stream from your media server.

3 weeks ago | xda-developers.com | Joe Rice-Jones

Running your own private cloud at home is a great way to shave off subscription fees every month, but even if you're not running a stack of containerized services, you probably still need to be able to access your home network while away from it. While you could set up a traditional VPN, or even dynamic DNS to connect to your home network from a consistent IP address, these aren't the best way anymore.

3 weeks ago | xda-developers.com | Joe Rice-Jones

Many PC components and peripherals can be overclocked, allowing them to operate beyond their factory settings. It's more common for CPUs and graphics cards, but overclocking gaming monitors is also pretty common. Sometimes this is done at the factory, as displays sold at a 144Hz refresh rate often use panels with a 120Hz native refresh rate. It's also a way for users to delay upgrades or allocate their budget to other components, as many monitors can be overclocked to achieve higher performance.

3 weeks ago | xda-developers.com | Joe Rice-Jones

If you spend time talking to most Linux enthusiasts, you'll get plenty of reasons why they use a particular flavor of the operating system. They'll tell you why it's better on the side of open-source software, without having their data sold for advertising purposes, and how wonderful alternatives to paid apps exist if you'd only look. I'm not going to tell you those things because, while they're not wrong, they're not my reasons for using Linux.

3 weeks ago | xda-developers.com | Joe Rice-Jones

Every time I set up my home network again, I go through a checklist to ensure that basic security is in place. Whether it's to use the latest Wi-Fi 7 routers or to use a custom router and firewall running OPNsense, these steps lay the groundwork for what's to come. Part of network security is also not running any potential threats on your computer. Be cautious when downloading files from unfamiliar sources, and heed any warnings that SmartScreen or your browser may display.