I love home automation (HA). Ask me a question about it and you will be lucky to leave without hearing one of my lectures on the subject. So when Phil Hughes asked me to write an article on embedded ...

It’s one of the great tragedies of our technological era. Smartphones that feature an incredible amount of computational power compared to computers the past, are largely locked down by carriers or ...

The Raspberry Pi has been very popular among hobbyists and educators ever since its launch in 2011. The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized single-board computer with a Broadcom BCM 2835 SoC, 256MB to ...

In today's open source roundup: Is it time to automate your home with Linux? Plus: What do Linux users love about systemd? And LinuxCon and CloudOpen start tomorrow Home automation is a hot market ...

I have to admit it: I backed the wrong horse when it came to driving home automation from a digital assistant and went with Microsoft's Cortana and its Harmon Kardon Invoke smart speakers. I had good ...

When it comes to running a home server, there’s no shortage of excellent options to choose from. Over the years, I’ve tried both Proxmox and Ubuntu Linux in various configurations. While Proxmox has a ...