Brian McGonagill

It's been a while since I covered Jellyfin, and I felt like it was time for an update. The install method, has not changed honestly, but I've learned a bit more about docker since my first video, so I thought I'd give you an update to help you get the

File compression isn't an overly glamorous topic, but when you stop to think about it, it's a topic well worth discussing.  We don't even think about it these days.  You download a .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .7z file and sometimes your OS (MacOS in particular) will decompress the file

Many times I've wished I had better access to a desktop machine when in various odd places... Maybe I had an iPad, or my phone, but really needed a desktop machine in order to do some specific work that is, simply put, just easier with a regular Linux machine. If

This is a nice little application that is very straight-forward to install and get running.  After my previous videos on self hosted / open source speed tests you can run from a Web GUI, many of you asked about an option for getting multiple test results over time in order to

Duplicati is a really amazing backup solution for your local machine.  You can use Duplicati to backup locally, to storage on your own network, or to cloud hosted storage.  The front end runs in a browser window, so it essentially just runs in the background.  You setup your backup, schedule

In the past we've gone over some great tools for checking your internet and network speeds from the command line, but there is really nothing quite like a really nice GUI (Graphical User Interface) for doing something like a speed test. Today, I wantt o introduce you to not one,

Seafile is a beautifully simple, and yet really powerful syncing and drive application that you can run on your own hardware, allowing you to maintain control of your data.  It gets back to the simplest concepts of data syncing, and drive usage. If you've been looking to ditch Google, Dropbox,

MStream is an open source, self hosted music streaming server with an Android companion app, and an iOS app on the way.  You can stream through your web browser, as well as use the streaming service in Jukebox mode.  An alternative to the Subsonic / Airsonic API based servers, it's got

I've shown you the Homer Dash in the past, and it is a termendousely great dashboard.  The only downside (if you can call it that) is having to change a configuration file in order to add new cards, modify existing cards, or remove cards.   That's where Heimdall really stands out

Uptime-Kuma is a really nice little applicatioin for checking the status of your home lab web applications, your self hosted websites, or really any web site or web service. I've used Ciao for a while now, and it's great, but it hasn't been updated or maintained in quite some time.

Using Docker to self-host applications is an absolutely amazing, mind-blowing thing when you really stop to think about how much power you get in such a great tool.  As we all know, with great power comes great responsibility.  I've been showing you one way of setting up Docker containers and

Subsonic / Airsonic music streaming servers are an incredible way to self host your own Google Music, iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, and any other streaming service out there, by using your own music, and keeping it all local and under your control. The best thing is these are fairly straightforward

Self hosting amazing open source software is the best feeling in the world. Knowing you're not tied to someone else's servers, whims, or quirks.  The ability to control how you use your own apps, and how and when you add more is what open source is all about.  But what

As we've moved away from the office over the past 2 years now, it's become even more important to have a good means of interaction with our co-workers.  Many of us have started late week meetings in the afternoon to just chit-chat, or talk about anything but work.   Many have

Backups are important for so many reasons.  I have had backups save my bacon more than once, and I have also learned the hard way how important backups really are.  Data loss is no joke, and in this day and age there is truly no reason to have data loss.

I've been asked several times to install InvoiceNinja, and no matter how I tried, it never seemed to work, but gave errors in the log every single time.  So, I started looking for other open source invoicing solutions.  I tried a bunch of them.  Invoice Lion, Crater, Invoice Ninja, Invoice

Whoogle Search is an open source, self hosted Google search with teh ads, and a bunch of other junk-ware, stripped out of it.  It really brings you back to a top notch search experience with more privacy in mind. I found this little gem while talking with Scott, and saw

Dolibarr is a free, open source, self hosted ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and CRM (Client Relationship Management) system.  I have covered ERPNext in the past, and people seem to be interested in it, so I wanted to provide information on how to install another ERP / CRM system.   My caveat is

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

I wanted to clear up the steps a bit, as my original set is a bit convoluted. I made it more complicated (slightly) than it has to be, and figure there is an easier way. The following is based on using Portaianer-CE as a front end GUI (Graphical User Interface)

Pi-hole is an amazing tool with tons of functionality beyond it's main purpose of filtering out ads from your devices.  Now, imagine you went to all that trouble to get rid of those ads and tracking, but you still send all your requests right through your ISPs DNS servers, or

I've done several videos on NVR software, MotionEyeOS, Shinobi, etc.  But what I've been really looking for is an NVR that could put the use of my cameras to work for me.   Frigate NVR does just that. I allows me to feed it an RTSP stream, setup object (person in

IntroductionRemotely is an amazing tool. It's open source, self hosted, and free to use.  The developer puts in a ton of time and effort to make this a really nice remote support tool, so if you have a few bucks, and you are saving hundreds, or thousands by utilizing this