You’ve fussed constantly over the Neo FreeRunner for a month now and you want to give it a bit of a break. So a new Linux-based media server to be released this month might be the ticket to keep ...

Step 3: Media Server Configuration Configuring the media server itself was pretty straightforward. I just copied the latest OSMC image from https://osmc.tv onto a microSD card per the instructions and ...

If you stream a lot of content, you'll want to use a Linux distribution with certain qualities. Here are my favorite distributions for streaming.

Blogger Benji Korsak explains how to set up your own media server using an old PC and Ubuntu Linux. The tutorial assumes some Linux knowledge on your part (you'll be working quite a bit with the ...

Some Linux media stuff like XBMC have some client/server support features, I am not certain of the details. But like I said that compatibility can be irritating.

Plex always has been the Mac-friendly offshoot of XBMC. I've never considered using an Apple product for my home media center, so I've never really put much thought into it. Things have changed ...

Windows Home Server didn't take long, but Ubuntu was rewarding for the geeky hobbyist willing to experiment with the creations of the open-source community. Either way, we got a powerful, low-cost ...

If your backups are only accessible via Linux-based media servers, ransomware attacks against Windows-based servers will not be able to attack them.