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These articles come out of private projects built on open-source software: Home Assistant and IoT devices on the home network, Paperless-ngx for a paperless office, cloud storage with Rclone and Proton Drive. The standards stay the same as at work, but everything runs at home, after hours. Questions and your own experiences are very welcome in the comments of each article.
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Connecting digitalSTROM with Home Assistant: local integration and automations
A local Home Assistant integration for the digitalSTROM server, plus motion-activated lighting, shower mode, music with 4× tapping, and automatic leaving via FRITZ!Box. Including the issues encountered in practice.
Proton Drive CLI: Using Proton Drive from Scripts and Servers
Since June 2026, Proton has offered an official command-line tool for Proton Drive. This article covers commands, signing in on servers without a desktop, conflict strategies for scripts, and its limitations compared with Rclone.
Proton Drive on Linux: The State of Play in October 2026
The official Linux client has been announced but is not yet available. The official Proton Drive CLI has been available for scripts and servers since June 2026; Proton Drive can still only be mounted with Rclone. What is missing is machine access limited to individual folders or tasks.
What exactly is Tailscale, and what advantages does it offer over traditional VPN connections?
Tailscale uses WireGuard to create a mesh VPN in which devices connect directly rather than through a central VPN concentrator. Learn how coordination servers, NAT traversal, and DERP relays work together, the advantages over IPsec and SSL VPNs, and the dependencies and limitations you should know before deploying it.
Moving Windows to a Smaller SSD with Rescuezilla: From 1 TB to 512 GB
Rescuezilla restores an image only to a disk that extends at least to the end of the final partition. Using a 1 TB NVMe as an example, this guide shows how to shrink C: with GParted, move the recovery partition, remove the dirty flag, and restore the new image to a 512 GB SSD.
Rescuezilla: Migrate Windows to a New SSD, with an Introduction to the Tool
Rescuezilla is a free, Clonezilla-compatible imaging solution with a graphical interface. This article introduces the tool and shows the complete migration of a Windows installation to a new SSD: preparation in Windows, bootable USB drive, backup, verification, restore, and follow-up steps.
