Why I use Ubuntu I use Ubuntu Linux. That much is clear from the title. It confuses some people as to why I would; and others have no idea what I am on about when I say I don't use Windows or a Mac - but those are non-technical people. But of
Home Media Server - Part 3 - Samba Configuration As part of the file server set up, I've created a Samba share in order to facilitate easily adding files to it form other devices around the house. It's not been plain sailing, and I'm still not convinced my setup is right, but here&
Home file server - part 2 After posting my intention of building a home file server [https://www.garybell.co.uk/home-file-server-the-hardware] for storing my movies, pictures, music and probably other files, I had to order some new hard drives to give me the space I think I will need. They have now arrived so I
Installing non-free network drivers on Debian As you might have seen, I've been building [https://garybell.co.uk/blog/home-file-server-the-hardware], and setting up [https://garybell.co.uk/blog/home-file-server-debian-jessie-installation] my home server, and during that time, I had a lot of issues getting things working. Some were from my own stupidity (like installing the
Why Windows 10 is not bad thing Microsoft have announced that their new operating system, Windows 10, should be ready for release later in 2015. If history is to be repeated, we can look forward to new machines being shipped with it in August, and the general public can get their hands on it in October; which