Self-Hosting

The Intel N100 is the better DIY NAS choice in 2026 if you plan to run Plex or Jellyfin, want ZFS, or need more than two drives. The Raspberry Pi 5 still wins for low-power, always-on file storage where idle power cost is what counts. The right pick depends almost entirely on what you want the box to do.

Why Build a DIY NAS in 2026? The Case Against Synology

Synology and QNAP have spent the last few years getting harder to recommend. Newer Synology units reject non-Synology drives. Those rejected drives work just like the approved ones. The DSM operating system has changed too. It used to be a handy management layer. Now it’s a closed platform that pushes cloud services you didn’t ask for. A Synology DS423+ costs about $500 with no drives. A DIY N100 build with four SATA ports runs under $200.

Most blogs reach for Disqus on day one. It takes about five minutes to set up. What you don’t see at sign-up is the deal you’re making. Disqus is free because it monetizes your readers. Every person who loads your comment section gets tracked, profiled, and served ads. They never agreed to it. That’s just the business model behind the embed script you pasted into your template.

Remark42 changes the equation. It is a self-hosted, open-source comment engine built in Go. It ships as a single Docker image. It collects only the data needed to run a comment section, and nothing more. This guide walks through the whole setup. You’ll deploy Remark42 behind Nginx with HTTPS, wire it into a Hugo site, set up moderation, and keep your data safe with automated backups.

Alacritty and Kitty are both fast in 2026, so speed no longer decides it. The real split is how they draw text. Kitty renders emoji and glyphs that Alacritty mangles. Each project also has a very different lead developer. This guide tests both on real Linux work.

GPU-Accelerated Terminals in 2026

Linux terminals got fast. Almost every good one feels quick now. So “fast versus slow” is the wrong question. In 2026 you choose by features and feel, not raw speed.

Laptop overheating on Linux is rarely one bug. It’s a stack problem. Firmware, kernel power policy, the CPU governor, discrete GPU power, and plain dust in the heatsink all interact. The good news: Linux shows you every layer. Work through it in order and you can cut sustained temps by 8 to 20 C, quiet the fans, and stretch battery life without slowing the laptop down.

This guide reads as a full workflow, not a random list of tweaks. You’ll start with prereqs and a baseline, score how bad the issue is, then fix in order: software first, firmware and kernel next, hardware last.

Steam Deck OLED tuning is no longer just about pushing sliders and hoping for more FPS. The stack is layered. Valve’s kernel, your Proton version, the game engine, and power policy all interact. Tune one layer alone and you often trade smoothness for crashes, or frame rate for battery drain.

This guide chases one goal: steadier frame times and longer battery life, without turning your Deck into a fragile science project. You get a safe workflow, specific kernel options, and game profiles you can reuse.

It’s a common frustration. You have a high-end Linux laptop with a cutting-edge WiFi card , yet your speeds are stuck in the single digits. Even on a fast fiber connection, the experience feels sluggish. Web pages hang, and file transfers take ages. Many users blame the drivers. But the cause is often more basic: the radio band you are connected to.

Modern WiFi hardware is very capable. But old networking setups often hold it back. Most routers today broadcast on two main bands: 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and more and more on 6GHz. The 2.4GHz band has better range and gets through walls well. It is also very crowded. Every neighbor’s router, your Bluetooth mouse, and even your microwave use this same space. That congestion leads to packet loss and big speed drops, no matter how fast your internet plan is.