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NetBox is an Apache 2.0 licensed open source software suite that allows you to design, map, and manage your network and infrastructure systems.   Let me be clear, and you should read the NetBox docs for more detail, but NetBox is not a network monitoring sy...

What Is It? RustDesk is an open source, remote desktop system that gives you control of your own server, and client software. If you've ever used TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Remotely, GoToAssist, GoToMyPc, and a whole host of other options, then you'll understand...

I showed you how to setup and use a really nice homepage / dashboard for all of your self hosted services a while back called Dashy.  I've stuck with it since then, and have just been super happy with it.  It has active development, and tons of new features ...

As I've been re-working my home network, moving from an Eero Mesh install to an open source setup using OPNSense as my firewall and router, and DD-WRT for my Wired / Wireless Access Points, one thing I didn't want ot mess up was my IP addressing that I had s...

One of the things i really like about Eero was a notification about a new device joining my network.  I think it was really more based on a new lease being pulled from DHCP, but still it let me know when Family members or friends came by and got close enough...

If you're already into self-hosting, and home-labbing (yes, I just made that word up I think), then you have probably used docker at some point.  If you have, and you haven't heard of the great tools out there for Graphical User interface based management of...

I'm making this as an update to my Portainer video that is now easily more than a year and a half old.  The good news is that the old video for Portainer install is really the same as this one will be, except that since the original video the Portainer team ...

I am combining the post for these two videos, as they are actually closely related.  If you've never heard of or used DD-WRT, then you'll be interested to know that it's been around for at least 15 years, if not more.  It's some amazing open source software ...

I've been wanting to switch away from my Eero mesh wireless network for almost a year and a half.  I really wanted a system that I had more control over, and an open source option was my ideal situation.  I have made several attempts to do this over the past...

I've been asked about Zabbix for a while now.  I have covered some other solutions for monitoring equipment / services in the past.  CheckMK, using Dashy Widgets, Glances, NetData, and several others are some really great options for monitoring, and as with ...

In Business, or home use, networking is often a very tough nut to crack.  In today's world, where we choose privacy over convenience, the search continues for solutions to help us have a seamless experience in accessing our data, applications, system, and me...

Nextcloud has come a long way over the past few years.  It is truly a tool for the self-hoster, the open source enthusiast, and now it is a spectacular tool for the Open Source Businessman.  You need a way to communicate with your staff, users, clients, and ...

As we continue in the Building a Business on Open Source, we should take time occasionally to look at the cost analysis of using Open Source software versus the Closed Source popular alternative(s).  I believe this is valualbe for a few reasons. We should...

  Trilium Notes is an impressively powerful note taking application with a lot of great add-on features that allow for chart drawing, mermaid charts, Latex style numerical formulas and much more.  It boasts a syncing server that is fairly easy to setup, as w...

Tracking the time you spend on projets for your various clients is extremely important. Customers want to know what value they are getting for their money.  They want to see why you are billing them for the time you claim, and a time tracking application is ...

Diagramming is a powerful tool in the world in general. It can help you convey ideas from the very simple to the extremely complex with far less effort than to try and transmit the context of ideas and workflows with words alone. There are literally tons of...

These shownotes have been removed as RPort is no longer Open Source. Sadly - RPort was purchased in 2023 by RealVNC. RealVNC reportely (not confirmed by me) said they would keep RPort Open Source when they were purchasing the company / solution, but apparentl...

Why? Working remote has been a huge change for a lot of us.  Making these videos for the last two and a half years has been a huge learning experience for me, especially when it comes to our mics and background noise. When we all started working remote, me...

Vaultwarden is a compatible, open source, back end for Bitwarden written in Rust.  It is extremely light on resource requirements, and will work with any of the Bitwarden clients in your browsers and mobile devices. Why Run My Own Password Manager There ar...

I'm always trying to encourage my nieces and nephews to get into programming.  I think Apple really hit the nail on the head with their Swift Playground app that teaches kids how the basics of development works, and gives them some really great logic pussles...