How-To Geek

Building a functional homelab often starts with a lot of excitement, but it quickly turns into a balancing act of managing hardware and fighting network clutter. You buy a couple of machines, get a VPS, start hosting services, and suddenly find yourself buried in individual browser extensions. What you should do is consider adding the below to get your homelab to do what you want.

As a beginner, I used to feel like I was fighting with the command-line interface. It did eventually click for me, but I wish it happened sooner. This is a list of command-line actions and commands that I wish I had learned on day one.

Are you ready to tackle more Raspberry Pi projects this weekend? Well, you're in luck, because I have three more fun projects to try out, including building an offline version of Wikipedia, setting up Network UPS Tools, and building a network troubleshooting toolkit.

Whether you're buying your first cordless power tool or looking to upgrade your collection, a big decision is whether to choose a brushed or brushless motor. Every major tool brand offers newer brushless tools, such as Ryobi's HP line and Milwaukee FUEL Brushless. So, what's the difference, and are they worth the higher price tag?

I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of an AI-sceptic. I see how AI-powered search can perform wonders with natural-language queries, but when it comes to editing my code, I still like to have control.

If you've been meaning to learn Linux but never quite made it stick, it's probably not a motivation problem. The desktop is usually not the best place to start learning Linux because you already have a working desktop in your Mac or Windows PC. A NAS, on the other hand, is exactly the kind of project where Linux earns its place, and where you'll actually end up learning something that stays with you.

Our smartphones have more storage than ever, but running out of space is still a common problem while using the powerful cameras for photos and video, large modern apps, and everything else. If you're low on storage, here's how I just freed up nearly 20GB of space on my Samsung Galaxy by taking advantage of one hidden setting.

Excel's default charts often make data harder to read, with distracting gridlines, awkward spacing, and attention-grabbing colors. That's why I have a quick cleanup routine to transform basic charts into more professional-looking visuals in minutes.

WiiM has launched its first-ever soundbar called the WiiM Bar after releasing the Sound Lite smart speaker last December. And this time, the brand has a different vision—it is designed to function as a standalone streaming speaker and work with compatible WiiM gear instead of just being a soundbar for a movie night.

Genesis launched its brand in the United States in 2016 with a straightforward promise: build vehicles that could compete with the European and Japanese luxury brands without the price tag. Nearly a decade later, Genesis has grown into one of the most decorated brands in the segment, earning consistent praise from owners, journalists, and other automotive industry organizations alike.

At first glance, Hulu's June lineup looks extremely promising. The streaming service has added several movies this month that are celebrating key milestones, including Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (20th anniversary), AI: Artificial Intelligence (25th anniversary), and Independence Day (30th anniversary). All three movies will tap into the nostalgia of each era.

Talk to people who've heard about Linux but haven't used it, and they'll often say something like, "Don't you have to use the command line?" It's possible to do more outside the terminal on modern Linux distros, but I'll happily stay in the command line. It's still the primary interface for Linux for serious users.

3D printers come in a range of sizes, from small compact units right through to room-sized behemoths. While space is a determining factor for where your 3D printer should go, there are some things that might sway you if you have the luxury of choice.

The next time you're writing on your computer, pay attention to how much time you spend on editing text. How often you move the cursor. Or select some text to erase it. Scroll up or down a document. Jump around pages, chapters, paragraphs, sentences, and even words. Your hands are almost always switching between the keyboard and mouse when writing. These micro actions seem insignificant, but the time and effort they add up to are definitely not-so-insignificant. Imagine if you could cut them all out of your process. You could just wish a paragraph would disappear and instantly it would. Or just think about jumping to the bottom of a page, and you'd be instantly teleported there. Vim is a text editor built for that. It lets you edit text at the speed of thought.

Six years after scrapping customized cars for the self-driving market, Uber is back—if not in the way you'd expect. The ridesharing giant has revealed a prototype version of Hyundai's Ioniq 5 that will be used to gather self-driving data for partners like Waymo and WeRide.

You no longer have to be picky about where you hail a Tesla robotaxi in its flagship city, provided you aren't too picky about when your ride arrives. The company has confirmed that its "unsupervised" service now operates across the "entire" Austin metro area.

American luxury SUVs used to be all about excess. Bigger engines, bigger dimensions, and enough chrome and leather to make sure everyone knew you'd arrived.

With new vehicle prices continuing to climb, genuinely affordable transportation has become increasingly difficult to find. The days of sub-$20,000 new cars are effectively over, leaving budget-conscious shoppers with fewer choices than ever before. That makes the remaining value-focused models more important, especially for buyers who simply need dependable transportation without taking on a massive monthly payment.

There's one streaming app on my smart TV that was a pain to watch. It was always buffering or even throwing me out of the content completely and resetting to the start of the episode so that I'd have to try and find where I'd gotten to again. A cheap network switch was the solution to my problems.

If you went by many reviews, Pixel phones would reign supreme if Google simply upgraded their spec sheets: faster chips, newer cameras, and larger batteries. And those do need updates, as Google has been held back by sub-par Tensor performance and tech that sometimes hasn't changed for years.