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Networking
Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginner’s Guide
If you are like me, when you manage networks, whether in the home lab or production environment, you probably use tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, etc. These are great tools and can help you diagnose…
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Containers
ECS Anywhere: Run AWS Containers on your Home Server On-premises!
So many services are either “cloud only” or “only on-premises” technologies. However, what if you wanted a blend of both…
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Proxmox
Proxmox Containers with Fedora CoreOS Install
I recently looked at the installation of Fedora CoreOS on VMware. In the home lab, many are running Proxmox and…
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VMware
Best Free Hypervisors Now That VMware ESXi Free Edition is Dead
In case you haven’t heard, VMware “by Broadcom” has killed free ESXi. So, it is no longer a viable option…
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Containers
Fedora CoreOS VMware Install and Basic Ignition File Example
If you are looking for a highly customizable container operating system for virtualization that is immutable and can stream updates,…
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Mini PC & Server
Top 5 Mini PCs for Home Server in 2025
I have reviewed quite a few mini PCs over the past few months to have a pretty good idea of…
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XCP-ng
Migrate from VMware to XCP-ng: A vSphere Admin’s perspective
With all the uncertainty across the industry with the tectonic shakeup with VMware by Broadcom, many organizations may be looking…
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home lab
Home Server Stress Test Best Load Testing Tools
Recently, I have been reviewing a lot of mini PCs in the home lab and even transitioning some of my…
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Kubernetes
Best Linux Distro in 2024 for Kubernetes
Most are now running containerized environments with either Docker or Kubernetes. One of the challenges with self-hosted Kubernetes is managing…
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Linux
Fedora Silverblue Linux: Install Immutable Desktop Operating System
When it comes to Linux desktop operating systems, there is one that is quite interesting, Fedora Silverblue. It provides many…
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VMware
New VMware vSphere Foundation: Death of Perpetual Licenses
If you have been following the developments with the finalizing of the Broadcom buyout of VMware, you have seen there…
