Practical Linux Mint Part 1 | Reviving an Old PC as a NAS — First, Is It Actually Usable?

First, Is It Actually Usable?I have one old PC left over.I could throw it away. But it still works.If so, let's install Linux ...

Turning your old PC into a media server is easier than it sounds

Nearly any PC can run media server software like Plex or Jellyfin, and even low-end hardware will only miss out on a slim ...
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I got a free mini PC, and TurnKey Linux made it a cloud-backed NAS

A free Intel NUC with a 1TB mechanical hard drive was just too hard to pass up. Between my media server and random SMB shares across multiple servers, my important documents were scattered across my ...

Practical Linux Mint 5: Turning an Old PC into a NAS - Creating Shared Folders with Samba

Now that the OS and HDD are ready, it is finally time to start the NAS-like work.This time, I used Samba to enable access from my main Linux Mint PC to the HDD on the old PC.The shared destination ...
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Papa's Got a Brand New NAS: the Software

Who needs a custom NAS OS or a web-based GUI when command-line NAS software is so easy to configure? In a recent letter to the editor, I was contacted by a reader who enjoyed my "Papa's Got a Brand ...