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Proxmox VE 7.4 released

Proxmox is an open-source bare metal virtualization system I use in my homelab. Proxmox supports clustering, high availability and backup using industry standard tools running on relatively mod-free Debian Linux, qemu and kvm. It supports any hardware supported by Debian, which makes use in a lab environment practical – after running VMWare’s vSphere and Nutanix […]

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Proxmox VE 7.3 released

Proxmox is an open-source bare metal virtualization system I use in my homelab – based on Debian and qemu, it supports a wide variety of hardware. Proxmox VE version 7.3 has been released and the upgrade from 7.2 went without a hitch using apt. I’m looking into it now, there’s support for ZFS dRaid pools, […]

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Proxmox First Steps

TechnoTim has a great homelab how-to channel on YouTube. This video shows all the steps he’d do when creating a Proxmox server for the first time. Setting update sources, reconfiguring storage, setting up networking and VLANs, updating ISOs, preparing for clustering, and more – all the things I wish I knew after my Proxmox server […]

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Cheap Home Office Fix – HDMI audio with multiple PCs

Many people are working from home exclusively or a couple of days a week as part of a hybrid work environment. With a few tweaks, a home office can do double-duty nicely. My home office has evolved recently, as I’ve written about previously. I have a desktop PC with a 34″ ultrawide monitor and work […]

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Proxmox helper scripts

I use Proxmox as the basis for my homelab. Proxmox is an open source bare-metal hypervisor with support for a wide array of hardware (if Linux runs on it, it’ll probably run Proxmox…) Proxmox offers many enterprise-level features, like clustering, backup, advanced networking, certificate management, application support and support for ZFS, NFS and CIFS shares. […]

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Bring Your Own Device

Work/life separation is important to me, but being able to effectively manage responsibility in a fast-pace environment is a key to success. A key to that success is being able to be reached quickly and easily when I’m working. Over the years, the means to be reached has changed significantly. At first, there was the […]

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Logitech Zone wireless headsets

In an earlier post, I talked about how I built an effective home/work office by using Logitech’s MX Keys keyboard and MX Master mouse with 2 unifying receivers. I put one receiver in my home PC, one in my work laptop, and connect both systems into one monitor. Switching between home and work environments is […]

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The Worst Part of Working From Home Is Now Haunting Reopened Offices

slate.com has an excellent article entitled The Worst Part of Working From Home Is Now Haunting Reopened Offices that’s worth a read. I’m concerned with “return to office” rhetoric that sounds too much like trying to go back to the way things were before the pandemic. The pandemic didn’t change the way we do things […]

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Goodbye, Remote Desktop!

I’ve discussed my office updates In a previous post. I bought a Logitech MX Keys keyboard and Logitech MX Master 3 mouse, and am happy with the results. The keyboard feel provides just enough feedback without noise. The mouse has more buttons than I know what to do with; being able to horizontal scroll in […]

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Remote execution exploit for DSM 7.0 and 6.2 reported by Synology

I’m a Synology NAS user, as are a lot of people running their home labs. There’s been a reported remote execution exploit announced by Synology. While a lot of people resonate with the idea of replacing cloud-based services with a system that they own, opening the system up to the internet is inherently risky. it […]

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