Building and running a Plex Media Server can be smooth and rewarding if you set it up right from the start. From choosing the right hardware to configuring remote access and optimizing playback ...

Have you ever found yourself wishing for a way to organize and enjoy all of your favorite streaming content and personal media files in one convenient platform? While cloud storage services like ...

The Skinny: The mv2120 Media Vault, a junior Linux-based server with the Photo Webshare and iTunes server functionality of its big brother but a much lower cost. (They’ll start at $300.) As for the ...

The What: Analog Way is introducing Picturall Mark II series, its next generation of Linux-based media servers. Engineered around a new professional hardware platform, the new Picturall Mark II series ...

Plex has a ton of problems, so I turned to the open-source rival with the funny name: Jellyfin ...

Ask any Linux enthusiast, and they’ll tell you how awesome an operating system Linux can be. (Well, except Bryan Lunduke, who will say it sucks before he says it’s awesome.) For the desktop user, the ...

For years, there was a lonely Raspberry Pi 3 gathering dust on my desk, right next to a cup of pens and a stack of Post-Its. Occasionally I’d pick it up and absent-mindedly twirl it around, as if it ...

Want to give an old PC a new lease of life? Why not transform it into a Linux server for your home/small business network? Why build your own Linux server? It's a good question. The answer is simple: ...