Containers
Migrate From Helm 3 to Helm 4 on Kubernetes
Helm 3 stops receiving security patches on November 11, 2026. That date, not the feature list, is what…
Author
Victor Shamallah
Linux Tutorials
NVMe Enclosures on Linux: TRIM, UASP, and SMART Over USB
Dropping a spare NVMe stick into a USB enclosure is the cheapest way to turn it into a…
Networking
Best 10GbE NIC for Proxmox and Homelab
A 10GbE switch does nothing until the servers behind it can fill the link, and the card you…
Networking
Best Travel Router for WireGuard and Tailscale
A travel router earns its place in your bag for one reason: it runs your VPN so every…
Proxmox
Best IP-KVM for a Homelab: JetKVM vs PiKVM vs NanoKVM vs Comet
Sooner or later a homelab box dies in exactly the way SSH cannot fix. The kernel panics before…
How To
Omada vs UniFi for a Homelab: Which to Self-Host
Both TP-Link Omada and Ubiquiti UniFi hand you a free controller you run yourself, so the Omada vs…
Networking
OPNsense vs pfSense on a Mini PC: Throughput, IDS, and WireGuard
Both firewalls run the same FreeBSD packet filter, so on a mini-PC the raw speed numbers come out…
Networking
Fix Intel i226-V Random NIC Drops on OPNsense
You buy a fanless N100 or N305 mini-PC, load OPNsense onto it, and everything looks perfect until the…
Networking
Best pfSense and OPNsense Hardware: Fanless Mini-PC Firewall Boxes
Before you buy a box to run pfSense or OPNsense, settle one question: how fast is the link…
Networking
Best 2.5GbE and 10GbE Managed Switch for a Homelab
Before you buy a faster switch, the real question is how much of your homelab actually needs more…
How To
Set Up a Static IP Address on openSUSE Leap 16
A server that gets its address from DHCP is fine until the lease changes and every firewall rule,…
Linux
Manage openSUSE Leap with Cockpit: the YaST Replacement
YaST is gone in openSUSE Leap 16, and the replacement most administrators reach for day to day is…