Welcome to our review of the QNAP TS-251A, something new here at LSIO. We reached out to QNAP to request a review unit and they kindly provided one to support the development of our open-source docker containers. This initial review will cover the hardware, the QNAP software and some information abo...
For many years I happily made do with the 802.11n capability of my Sky Fibre router. It worked, and I was happy. That was until I bought a Chromecast and a Raspberry Pi 3. My wireless streaming activity skyrocketed and the router was unable to keep up, with its paltry 2.4GHz transmitter. In my house...
Any audiophile will attest to compiling albums well into the hundreds, or even thousands. When a music collection grows, it can become harder to keep it well managed.
The main problem with managing a music collection is, generally, each collector has their own way of archiving their music. We all...
With the recent announcement of the official docker package for raspberry pi the linuxserver.io team have stepped up production of docker images for the popular armhf platform.
At the time of writing we have over 30 images available covering different genres from well known download apps like s...
This seems to generate a lot of questions and queries so thought I’d do a quick walkthrough.
First of all you need to install MariaDB, now one of the stipulations of Nextcloud is that it requires binary logging to be enabled on the MariaDB server. I’ve already got one instance of...
At the time of writing this article the linuxserver/plex container has been pulled 184,679 times from Docker hub. Our container was the first to properly support switching between the “PlexPass” and “standard” versions of Plex Media Server. As the popularity has grown we’ve attracted the scrutiny...
The Ubiquiti wireless access points are new to me but damn are they fantastic! Rather than logging into each AP via it’s IP directly, you are required to use the Ubiquiti controller software.
Wouldn’t it be fanastic if this software could run headless on your Linux server? Well you can using Docke...
The Perfect Media Series has a new home at perfectmediaserver.com. This series remains public here for informational purposes only - for questions or support please visit the new site.
Choosing how to store your data is one of the most hotly debated topics amongst data hoarders. I frequently...
I’ll leave a lot of the theory out and just focus on trying to get you up and running as quick as possible providing example commands. I found the biggest hurdle when learning Docker was understanding exactly what it was and why I should care. I wrote a little post sharing my thoughts on Docker on...