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VMPlayer is a powerful virtual machine software that runs on Windows. It will let you run Ubuntu on your Windows machine without have to mess with disk partitions or dual booting and is useful for testing different software. I use VMPlayer and VMWorkstation for resizing SD card partitions in Ubuntu … I'm curious
Jackett lets you use a bunch of additional torrent providers with Sonarr. It turns your Windows home media server into a Torznab API server which Sonarr can interact with. Jackett queries the torrent providers and supplies information to Sonarr for processing. The list of compatible torrent providers can be found … I'm curious
Deluge is a popular torrent client which several users have recommended to me. Deluge is cross-platform so runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. Deluge prides itself on being lightweight and having a modular plugin system to add extra useful features like labelling (useful for CouchPotato, Sonarr, SickRage and other automation … I'm curious
VMPlayer is a great alternative to VirtualBox to test out new software. Virtual Machines are your digital playground for evaluating new software to avoid messing with your production environment (likely your home media server) and breaking something. In the last post I showed you how easy it is to install … I'm curious
Test environments are incredibly useful for anyone who wants to tinker with new software. Virtual Machines lets you have a playground environment where you can test software before you install it on your actual home media server. I would bet most people do testing on their production environments. Your production … I'm curious
Spotweb is a usenet indexing software very popular in the Netherlands. Spotweb has a simple interface for displaying the latest spots and associated nzbs. The Spotweb framework provides a newznab compatible API that can be used as a personal indexer with automation software like Sonarr, SickRage, CouchPotato, Headphones, Mylar, LazyLibrarian … I'm curious
BitTorrent Sync has gotten heavy on resources so users are looking for alternatives to run on low-powered devices like the Raspberry Pi. Enter Syncthing which is written in go and has a significantly lower memory footprint compared to BitTorrent Sync. You can run the Syncthing server on Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, … I'm curious