In this tutorial, you will be learning how to install and run the Zigbee2MQTT Home Assistant add-on. This bridges the Zigbee and MQTT protocols. It helps integrate devices that communicate solely over Zigbee without using a hub. A perfect example of a Zigbee device is the Philips Hue range of lights. Read More
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use the Lutris game manager on your Steam Deck. This manager allows you to handle games from several different sources in one place. For example, you can manage your GoG, Epic Games Store and Ubisoft games from this one interface. Read More
In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to wire and use the DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor with the Raspberry Pi. This sensor is known for being the cheaper and less accurate version of the DHT22. It is super easy to use thanks to it providing its data over a digital signal. Read More
In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up and run the Zigbee2MQTT bridge on the Raspberry Pi. This software bridges your Zigbee devices to the MQTT messaging protocol. This allows these devices to integrate better with software like Home Assistant. Read More
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to set up HomeKit on your Home Assistant server. HomeKit is Apples proprietary smart device framework. By setting up this integration, you can add HomeKit devices directly to Home Assistant. You can even use this bridge to integrate your Home Assistant devices with Apple Home. Read More
In this quick guide, you will be learning how to install the Google Chrome web browser on the Ubuntu operating system. This browser is known for its security, performance, and extensibility. It is also the most popular web browser in the world. Read More
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Protontricks on your Steam Deck. This software allows you to tweak your Proton prefixes easily. Tweaks can potentially fix some Windows games that won't run properly on your Deck. Read More
In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up DiyHue on the Raspberry Pi. This software emulates the Philips Hue Bridge. This means that you don't need the official Hub to connect your Phillips Hue Lights. You can also connect third-party lights and have them appear as Hue lights in the official app. Read More
In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to add the Philips Hue integration on Home Assistant. This integration lets you to control your lights from a single dashboard. You can even use automations to turn your lights off and on as well as change their color. Read More
In this quick guide, we will be showing you how to find a process using a specific port on macOS and kill it. This is useful when you need access to a port that is currently being used by another, potentially unknown process. Read More
In this tutorial, we will be teaching you how to format a disk on Ubuntu using the desktop interface or terminal. On the desktop, we will focus on the Disks and GParted tools. On the other hand, we will be using Parted to format a disk on the terminal. Read More
In this quick guide, you will learn how to connect a PS5 DualSense controller to the Steam Deck. Thanks to the Deck's inbuilt Bluetooth support, pairing the PS5 controller is a super simple process. Read More
In this quick guide, you will be learning how to connect an Xbox Controller to the Steam Deck. The Deck has full support for Xbox controllers whether they are being used wired or wirelessly. Read More
In this quick tutorial, you will be learning how to set up the Duck DNS service on your Raspberry Pi. This service is a completely free DNS provider that you can update using a simple curl request. Read More
In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install and set up both the MQTT broker, and the MQTT integration in Home Assistant. MQTT is a lightweight messaging service used by many IOT devices. Your smart home server can act as the broker for these messages in a few short steps. Read More
In this quick guide, you will be learning how to generate an SSH Key Pair on macOS. These keys are used to authenticate over an SSH connection. An SSH Key is a more secure alternative to using a plaintext password to authenticate. They are significantly more complicated for a hacker to crack. Read More
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to install and run an SFTP server on the Ubuntu operating system. We will show how you can set up users that you can only use to log in using SFTP and how they can have their own individual folders to upload. Read More
In this guide, you will be learning how to install EmuDeck on the Steam Deck. EmuDeck is an incredibly useful tool as it allows you to install all of the emulators you might need from one simple-to-use interface. It even pre-configures everything to run well on the Deck's hardware. Read More
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Adminer on your Raspberry Pi. Adminer is a lightweight database management tool. It is considered to be the lightweight alternative to the popular phpMyAdmin. It achieves this thanks to being written as a single small PHP file. Read More
In this tutorial, you will learn how you can set up the Plex integration within Home Assistant. This integration allows automations based on your Plex server and any of its connected clients. For example, you can turn off lights when a movie is played. Read More