First Impressions of Home Assistant in My Homelab
My early notes from installing Home Assistant in a Proxmox LXC, discovering solar and media devices, adding AirTouch air conditioning, and thinking about where the smart home stack goes next.
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Is Ubuntu 26.04 the Start of the Linux AI Desktop?
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is not trying to turn the desktop into a chatbot. It is making it easier to run AI tools locally, see what hardware is being used, and choose which models belong on your machine.
The Open Source Path from VPN Sprawl to Zero Trust Access
My hands-on evaluation of Pangolin Community Edition as a possible production access layer for a small multi-team environment, including Enterprise Edition features and comparisons with Headscale, Tailscale, and Twingate.
Essential Eight on Linux, Part 8 of 8: Regular Backups on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Part 8 of an 8-part series on implementing the Essential Eight on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, covering regular backups with restic, snapshots, immutable storage, and Linux-first recovery design.
Essential Eight on Linux, Part 7 of 8: User Application Hardening on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Part 7 of an 8-part series on implementing the Essential Eight on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, covering browser and user application hardening with Firefox policies, snap confinement, AppArmor, and isolation controls.