Streamline your home media experience
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
Varnish is a refresh proxy that serves your WordPress site super fast. It will cache your WordPress site as compiled html pages so users avoid the web server (Apache2 and nginx) and slow PHP. It is very easy to set up WordPress Varnish cache on your VPS or dedicated server.… I'm curious
Jackett lets you use many torrent providers with Sonarr or CouchPotato by enabling your home media server to act as Torznab API server. Jackett enables popular torrent providers to be searched using Sonarr and CouchPotato, the list of compatible providers can be found here.
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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
Reverse Proxies are an elegant and convenient method to remotely manage your media server's services. nginx can forward requests to your uTorrent web interface on your HTPC. When you are done with this guide you will be able to use your free dynamic DNS address (Windows Afraid DNS Guide… I'm curious
Varnish Cache is the best speed boost to give your WordPress site. Varnish is a reverse proxy that caches your WordPress site as HTML and serve them up quickly, bypassing the slow PHP backend (Apache or nginx). With this WordPress Varnish cache method you will always be serving up fast … I'm curious
Android HTPC TV boxes and TV sticks have become very popular due to their ease of use and affordability. Modifying configuration files can be cumbersome on Android boxes like the MK808b Plus. For example, integrating FTV with NTV on Kodi requires you add a custom .ini file. You can … I'm curious