arthurpizza

I’ve been using Kodi to pull movies from my NAS for years.

NAS + Tailscale + Kodi is the easiest to setup for me. Works really good.

They think they have enough users locked in to just pay over setting up another server. They might.

Open source file manager Material Files lets you set an SSH server as a bookmark and mount it instantly. Moving files around just like like it’s native. Works seamlessly through Tailscale.

The only device running Snap in my house is a Raspberry Pi running the Snap Nextcloud and it’s rock solid.

This might be a deployment issue. How are most people running it?

Remember a homelab can be anything from multiple rack mounts humming along in your basement to just SBC running some clever Podman containers. Everyone’s wants, needs, and interests are different.

Sounds like most of what you want to do could be done with one or two machines, a decent switch, and some kind of Wi-Fi access point. There is no wrong or right way to do it.

It’s open source and it’s free to use. Anything can sound bad when you just make shit up.

Le Potato aka Libre Computer is still on Amazon in the US for $35.