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IPVanish is a great VPN service growing in popularity. IPVanish provides plenty of bandwidth to allow fast downloads while being secured with encryption for maximum privacy and anonymity. IPVanish don't keep any logs so they take your privacy seriously. This guide shows you how to configure OpenVPN with IPVanish on … I'm curious
BitCannon enables you to create a personal archive of .torrent files from KAT and other providers. You can search in its database, download torrent files as if you were browsing the torrent site but instead it is right on your own machine. The idea is that even if torrent sites … I'm curious
Transmission is my favorite client for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX. It is super light and works with all content automation software: Sonarr, SickRage, CouchPotato, Mylar and Headphones. I have found it to be very reliable and easy to set up. This was tested on Ubuntu 15.04 but will work … I'm curious
Virtual machine test environments make practicing a guide or new configuration efficient and productive. I use VM Workstation, VM Player is the free version, for testing guides in a closed development environment. I like to SSH into the Debian virtual machines. Instead of clicking on the console in VM Player, … I'm curious
VMPlayer test environments are incredibly useful for anyone who wants to tinker with new software. It lets you have a playground environment where you can play, break and mess around as much as you like on an operating system with no consequences to your real home media server operations. In … I'm curious
Jackett lets you use many torrent providers with Sonarr. It turns your home media server into a Torznab API server. Jackett enables popular torrent providers to be searched using Sonarr, the list of compatible providers can be found here. This guide will walk you through installing and autostarting Jackett. … I'm curious
How many times have you tinkered with your Raspberry Pi only to find you broke something? Some of you may be familiar with the concept of a development test environment and a production environment, so you understand that you just don't mess with your production device unless you have a … I'm curious