624: Tiny PC, Huge Problems
20 July 2025
Everything wrong with our homelabs, and how we're finally fixing them. Plus: two self-hosted apps you didn't know you needed.
Sponsors
1Password Extended Access Management
Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
Unraid
A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.
Nebula
Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.
Episode Links
- π₯ Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
- π» LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
- Home Assistant β Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.
- ODROID-H4 β ODROID β A powerful and versatile board that supports Intel’s latest Alder Lake processors with AVX2 extensions. It features DDR5 memory, 4 SATA ports, dual BIOS, and up to 3 display outputs.
- Home Assistant Yellow
- UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay Desktop NAS
- MINISFORUM S100 Mini PC Stick
- GEEKOM Air12 Mini PC
- Nebula Quick Start
- Debugging with Nebula SSH commands
- Using Experimental Lighthouse DNS with Nebula
- Upgrading a Nebula network to IPv6 overlay addresses
- Using Dedicated Relays for Total Connectivity
- nebula NixOS Module
- norohind.nebula: β Ansible role to manage nebula vpn hosts
- dracut-nebula β dracut-nebula integrates the Nebula overlay networking tool (VPN, tunnel) into the initramfs
- nebula-gen: β Simple script to initialize a CA and quickly sign host keys and certificates for the Nebula VPN
- AndrewPaglusch/Nebula-Ansible-Role β Nebula VPN Overlay Network Installer With Ansible
- nebula-lighthouse-service β This server is a public Nebula VPN Lighthouse Service. You can use it in case you donβt have a publicly accessible server to run your own Nebula Lighthouse.
- nebula-vpn-helm β Helm chart for managing Nebula VPN
- vpn-dashboard-react-nebula β This project demonstrates a secure, lightweight, peer-to-peer VPN architecture using the Nebula overlay network integrated with a React-based front-end dashboard.
- ChrisLAS/bluenix β Build your own custom Universal Blue Image!
- Linkwarden β β‘οΈβ‘οΈβ‘οΈ Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager to collect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters, all in one place.
- Announcing Linkwarden 2.11
- Linkwarden Browser Extension
- neko β A self hosted virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC.
- Soltros-OS β My personal RPM-OStree based OS.
- Miniflux β Minimalist and Opinionated Feed Reader
- miniflux/v2 β Minimalist and opinionated feed reader
- [Bug]: “External link” should point to the audio file
- feat(rss): fallback to enclosure URL when entry URL is missing
- 5 Best Reference Management Tools for Linux in 2024
- Zotero β Your personal research assistant
- Aeon β The Linux Desktop for people who want to “get stuff done”
- winapps β Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.
Sponsors
1Password Extended Access Management
Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
Unraid
A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.
Nebula
Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.