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Practical Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, Proxmox, storage, networking, and homelab guides for real-world setups. At PiHobby, I share hands-on tutorials, walkthroughs, and project ideas built around single-board computers, lightweight servers,…
How to Install Technitium DNS Server on Ubuntu Server
Technitium DNS Server is a free, open-source DNS server with a web dashboard, recursive DNS support, DNS blocking, DHCP options, and DNS-over-HTTPS/DNS-over-TLS features. This guide installs it on Ubuntu Server…
How to Configure Split DNS (Split Horizon) in Technitium DNS Server
Split DNS, also known as Split Horizon DNS, allows you to return different IP addresses for the same domain depending on where the DNS request originates. This is useful when…
Getting Started with Home Assistant: A Beginner-Friendly Installation and Usage Guide
Smart homes are no longer just for technology enthusiasts or expensive custom installations. With Home Assistant, anyone can build a powerful, private, and customizable smart home system that works with…
Deploy Flexible ZFS Storage with Mixed Disks Sizes
If you’re building a homelab, backup server, or expandable NAS using mixed-size hard drives, combining Ubuntu Server with ZFS is one of the most powerful and reliable solutions available today.…
How to Set Up Raspberry Pi Connect for Remote Access and Screen Sharing
Managing your Raspberry Pi remotely has never been easier. Thanks to Raspberry Pi Connect, users can securely access their Raspberry Pi desktop and terminal from almost anywhere using a web…
Syncthing on your Webmin/Virtualmin Server
Here’s a complete, step-by-step guide to installing and configuring Syncthing on servers that use Webmin/Virtualmin, including one-way (unidirectional) sync and instructions for all major Linux families. This article assumes that…
Proxmox on Armbian for all OPi5 Devices
I have been running Raspberry Pi Devices for a few years now and I know them pretty well. However I bought an Orange Pi 5 as a test because it…
Deploy/Install Armbian on an OPi5 Plus
Armbian is a highly specialized OS especially for SBC’s (Single Board Computers). There are several ways you can deploy it. In my humble opinion this is the best way to…
Proxmox on an OPi5/OPi5 Plus w/rk3588S/rk3588
I want to let you know that this has worked for me on both the Orange Pi 5/Orange Pi 5 Plus and the Raspberry Pi 4/5 hardware. Proxmox is one…
OpenMediaVault on an Intel NUC6i7KYK
Building an OpenMediaVault (OMV) server using your Intel NUC6i7KYK (Skull Canyon) is a great idea—it’s a powerful and compact machine, perfect for a home NAS or media server. This can…