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A cloud used to be floating in the sky, then it was a bubbly thing on a network diagram where weird things happen. Now a cloud just means "Somebody else's computer.". Of course you get to it over a network and can share things, like files (pictures, music …
read moreA Domain Name Service (DNS) allows your E-Mail and Web Server to use a name instead of an IP Address, so other people can find you by name. Some Internet Service Providers (ISP) will change your IP address every few months in a residential environment.
Electronic Mail (E-Mail) is a way to type letters onto a computer and send them to other people. These other people's computers will then use E-Mail to read your letters. It is an electronic version of the Post Office.
The following diagrams are what this document will accomplish. The challenge is to obtain and keep a good reputation that other E-Mail handlers around the world will accept. Otherwise your messages will be dumped in the trash can (SPAM) or sent back to you (bounced).
This is a web based interface for automating things around the home. It can monitor doors, windows, motion detection and turn electrical things on and off.
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By: Don Cohoon
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Matrix is a messaging system you can on your server. It allows your to send messages to a phone/watch from command line on the server. It is useful with HomeAssistant for monitoring the house.
This is where I manage Music and Television files.
Miniflux is an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) server that will fetch and display RSS feeds from other websites. Also known as a news reader.
Mirroring disks on Linux is simple and prudent to ensure your data survives hardware, software and human failures. All data from one disk is duplicated on another disk and if any one disk fails, you will never know it. So it is important after setting up to monitor …
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