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May, 2025

How to use a Raspberry Pi in kiosk mode - Raspberry Pi

Kiosks are designed to offer users specific information or a specific experience, while preventing access to any other activities on the device. They are often found in airports, shops, hospitals, cafes, and museums — any location where people need easy access to information or services like timetables, waiting times, product information, directions, self check-in machines, and so on. Kiosk mode on your Raspberry Pi allows you to boot straight into a full‑screen web page or an application without using the desktop environment. It’s the foundation for many different projects where you want to display information for a dedicated interaction with a user. To demonstrate kiosk mode we are going to set up our Raspberry Pi to boot automatically to a full‑screen raspberrypi.com web page, which will rotate with the time.is/London web page.

This free and open-source lightweight server monitor changed how I keep an eye on my home lab
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Beszel has become my go-to utility for monitoring the server rigs, SBCs, NAS units, and mini-PCs in my home lab

4 self-hosted Google Calendar replacements I tried and recommend using instead
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If you're looking to de-Google your life, these self-hosted calendar servers are great options that give you full control of your data.

Creating Virtual Networks (VLANs) – Ubiquiti Help Center

Creating Virtual Networks (VLANs)

Virtual Networks (VLANs) segment networks to improve performance, security, and traffic management. They help isolate devices and users, reducing the risk of unauthorized access and limiting the spread of potential threats within a network. This guide covers VLAN creation and device assignment using UniFi and third-party gateways

5 reasons I’m finally uninstalling TeamViewer – and what I’m replacing it with
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The free remote access solution I switched to

Disse elbiler taber mest i værdi
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Ny europæisk analyse viser, at flere populære elbiler mister over halvdelen af deres nyværdi – og i nogle tilfælde endnu mere.

I mapped every machine in my home lab with this free tool
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Capable of documenting even the most complex server setups and network stacks, NetBox is a must-have for any home labber

WSL is the best feature added to Windows in the last decade
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When Microsoft slipped the first public preview of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) into the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August 2016, it mostly appeared to be a niche convenience aimed at developers who missed Bash and a Linux terminal. Few outside the Insider community guessed it would grow into a fully fledged, GPU-accelerated, GUI-capable Linux environment, maintained and delivered by Windows Updates and the Microsoft Store. Yet, nearly a decade later, WSL has grown and flourished into something more, and is arguably one of the biggest features added to Windows in a long time.

I monitor all of my self-hosted services using this free tool on my Raspberry Pi
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Most of us don't need all of Grafana's bells and whistles, so Uptime Kuma is close to perfect for monitoring our services

10 Lesser-Known Effective Linux Commands - Part 4
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These hidden Linux commands are really helpful and can make your work in the terminal easier and faster once you start using them.

I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail hoping for privacy, but the grass wasn't greener
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Proton Mail offers privacy via end-to-end encryption, but in my personal experience, falls short of Gmail in some key areas.

6 Linux Distros Great for Running a Server
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Yes! You can set up your own Linux server. Here's how!

Konkurser - Sådan undgår du dem med Qatchr | Collectia A/S
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Et stigende antal konkurser er en bekymrende tendens - hos Collectia anbefaler vi Qatchr - der sikrer din virksomhed et profitabelt samarbejde med kunderne