Zabbix is an all-in-one monitoring tool for servers, networks and applications. I have more experience with Cacti and Nagios, but Zabbix is a good alternative. With everything in one interface, it can be installed on Ubuntu Server to monitor your network. Zabbix requires an LTS version of Ubuntu Server, and a custom repository must be…
We are used to USB drives being “plug and play” all the time. Most systems detect these drives automatically, and we don’t even think about the underlying processes that make it so easy. When you’re on a server, with just a black screen staring at you, waiting for your commands, it’s a different story. Let’s…
The Raspberry Pi is the perfect device for playing retro games. There are a lot of software options to choose from, with Retropie and Recalbox being the two of the top contenders. Which one should you use? Let’s find out. Overall, Retropie is the older of the two, has been around for a while, and…
With all the articles related to Raspberry Pi, you may be curious to try its operating system, Raspberry Pi OS, without having a physical device. Good news! It’s possible thanks to a great solution: Virtualization. And today, I will specifically explain how to run the Raspberry Pi OS with VMware. To run Raspberry Pi OS…
Mining crypto on our Raspberry Pi is a dream for many of us, and Monero is a good crypto for CPU mining. So, is it possible to mine Monero on your Raspberry Pi and get decent results? Let’s find out. Mining Monero on Raspberry Pi is possible. The only requirements are a mining pool and…
Installing Plex Media Server is like hosting your own streaming service at home and getting access to everything from anywhere. The key feature is that you get access to your media libraries from a nice interface, on any device. And if you already have Ubuntu running somewhere, the setup process is not too complicated. Plex…
Scraping games is a fancy way of saying collecting metadata, specifically the cover art, for your games in Retropie. It’s not done automatically by default, and it rarely works the first time you try it manually. In this post, I’ll show you how to solve this problem for good. Scrapers services are available by default…
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a popular solution for accessing a remote computer with a full graphical interface. But setting it up on Ubuntu isn’t the most straightforward process (unlike Raspberry Pi OS). In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install and use TigerVNC server on Ubuntu. TigerVNC Server is available in the default…
Most networks automatically assign IP addresses, which is quite convenient for desktop computers. But for a server, it’s recommended to configure it with a static IP, often outside the DHCP range, so it’s always available at the same address. How do you configure this without a GUI? Let’s find out. On Ubuntu Server, the network…
Quake 3 is a first-person shooter released in 1999 that many people of my generation remember as the beginning of a new era for video games on personal computers. But running Quake 3 on random devices is also a running joke on social networks, can it run Quake 3? Let’s try it on a Raspberry…