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Building an Advanced Alarm System with AI Facial Recognition

A guide for setting up a security system with Home Assistant using a Zigbee mesh network and DeepStack AI facial recognition without the cloud.
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MetaBase - A Powerful Power BI Alternative

An open-source BI tool for easy data analysis, visualization, and sharing, supporting multiple databases.
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Configuring Nginx Proxy Manager with Wildcard SSL Certs

Deploy Nginx Proxy Manager with Docker Compose to manage containers via FQDN and wildcard sub-domains.
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Self-hosting A Kubernetes Cluster using K3S

This guide covers setup on a 5-node cluster, from installation to managing with Helm and Portainer, including an Nginx deployment example.
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OrangeCMS - HRM and Applicant Tracking System

Deploying a Human Resource Management system that encompasses all the essential features necessary for any organisation.
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Proxmox VM Deployment Automation

Create new VMs in Proxmox using VM Templates and Ansible in under 2 minutes.
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Exploring Open Source Inventory and Asset Management Systems

Comparing the most popular FOSS stock inventory management platforms: SnipeIT, HomeBox and InvenTree.
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GLPI - A FOSS ITSM System

Learn how to deploy and configure GLPI, a full IT Service Management system.
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Running Linux on ARM (ChromeOS)

Exploring running Debian on a locked down ARM-based Chromebook.
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Automating Server Management with Ansible

Simplify agent-less server management with Ansible using YAML.
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Virtualised Workstation: Local Cloud-Gaming

Set up your own remote workstation / gaming VM and stream with low latency.
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OpenWrt - Failover Router

Build your own 4G router for network failover.
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