The meteoric rise of affordable broadband, advancements in virtualization, and the maturing landscape of free and open-source (FOSS) software have paved the way for a powerful trend among Windows users: self-hosting. Once considered the domain of sysadmins and power users with racks of spare...
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The rise of self-hosted digital services has given enthusiasts and privacy-conscious users new opportunities to reclaim control over their data and digital workflows. Traditionally, many have seen network-attached storage (NAS) as an essential foundation—a dedicated, always-on device optimized...
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