Linux

What I learned from keeping my self-hosted server online 24/7 for a month including real world power costs, hardware optimizations, and why not everything needs to be always-on.

Learnings after a decade of working with Linux.

GPU Monitoring Tool inside Linux: Glances and NVTOP # While for Windows 11, we have task manager for quick and dirty monitoring of GPU usage, Linux does not ahve anything close to that. Here are two programs, I tested out. For me Glances is quite good, can run in webmode and very beautiful.

This guide walks you through setting up a complete Home Assistant environment with Zigbee2MQTT to monitor air quality using IKEA’s VINDSTYRKA sensor and Sonoff ZigBee 3.0 dongle. Why This Setup? # I am curious about sensors that measure the living conditions in the home.