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@lawrencesystems.com

⚠Tech Enthusiast, Open Source Advocate, Content Creator, DM's are not for tech support but my forums are. ⚠ https://lawrencesystems.com/

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Proxmox Backup Server Hardening: Secure Permissions Done Right
Proxmox Backup Server Hardening: Secure Permissions Done Right YouTube video by Lawrence Systems

Proxmox Backup Server Hardening: Secure Permissions Done Right

youtu.be/HDRGAfJZPSs?...

20.02.2026 23:42 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

10.02.2026 15:14 👍 3276 🔁 866 💬 72 📌 87
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Comet Pro Review: The KVM That Gives You The Finger

Full Video Here: youtu.be/la0rbheTx2c

09.02.2026 18:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy Friday, hope no one gets a surprise pen test today!

06.02.2026 13:52 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Check out this video to see what the experience of upgrading my Framework laptop with a Ryzen AI 7 350 CPU and RTX 5070 GPU was like, and if an upgradable system like this one is for you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYST...

04.02.2026 15:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Well, you see, when two networks like each other very much...

31.01.2026 16:08 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Happy Friday
Here's COPILOT!!!

23.01.2026 17:17 👍 23 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

It's a good tool

21.01.2026 14:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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VLOG Thursday 471:IoT Firewall Security, Docker, Self hosted, and Homelab Q&A YouTube video by Lawrence Systems

VLOG Thursday 471:IoT Firewall Security, Docker, Self hosted, and Homelab Q&A Live at 5pm EST
www.youtube.com/live/QtfTfNK...

15.01.2026 21:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Testing the UniFi AI PTZ Precision 31x zoom

09.01.2026 14:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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VLOG Thursday 470: Remote Management Tools, and Homelab Q&A YouTube video by Lawrence Systems

VLOG Thursday 470: Remote Management Tools, and Homelab Q&A going live at 6/8/26 6:00 EST

youtube.com/live/vPUFfxq...

08.01.2026 22:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In this video, I demonstrate how to use Wireshark with UniFi to capture live packets directly from your network devices.

Whether troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, or mysterious disconnects, Wireshark lets you go beyond the UniFi dashboard and see the truth in the traffic.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_H1...

06.01.2026 14:51 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Not sure what the assembly is called but those appear to be standard fans.

02.01.2026 18:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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VLOG Thursday 468: XMAS and Homelab Q&A YouTube video by Lawrence Systems

Going Live For Christmas!
www.youtube.com/live/XgWOwHb...

25.12.2025 13:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kubernetes is great... if you like complexity.

Here’s how I keep my homelab simple: running Docker on one Debian 13 VM with straightforward bind mounts. Clean, easy to manage, and simple to back up - plus a look at the containers I rely on day to day.

youtu.be/Z5aGH4XltP4

24.12.2025 12:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TP-Link acknowledged security reports but...

Did nothing until the research was made public. Take a close look at the timeline

📄 Research write-up: www.evilsocket.net/2025/12/18/T...

23.12.2025 13:52 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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A few seconds, an exposed port, or the right timing can lead to a serious incident.

In this video, I break down an event that struck shortly after onboarding a client, what could have gone wrong, and why it didn’t - lessons for anyone managing real-world IT environments.

youtu.be/2lLKZsd4QqY

22.12.2025 14:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
VLOG Thursday 467: n8n, TrueNAS, and Homelab Q&A
VLOG Thursday 467: n8n, TrueNAS, and Homelab Q&A https://lawrence.video/ Connecting With Us --------------------------------------------------- Hire Us For A Project: https://lawrencesystems.com/hire-us/ Tom Twitter 🐦 / tomlawrencetech Our…

Live in five! We're talking n8n, TrueNAS, and answering your Homelab questions!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXAx...

#livestream #homelab #networking #truenas #n8n #automation

18.12.2025 21:55 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Few people know ZFS like Allan Jude, and in this discussion, we dive deep into what makes it so powerful - and occasionally so tricky.

From alignment tuning and drive choices to ZFS with containers and NVMe optimization, we unpack what’s changing, what’s coming next, and more.

youtu.be/OscKOZ5nxxA

17.12.2025 18:45 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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pfSense+ has made some changes in 2025. There's better security defaults for OpenVPN, they made PPPoE significantly faster, added VXLAN support, and Netgate Nexus - their new multi-instance management tool that you can self-host on your own system:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCNy...

17.12.2025 14:57 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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RAID isn’t a backup, and failures don’t wait for a schedule.

In this video, I show how I use Syncthing for real-time backups that alert you to changes as they happen. Perfect for Homelab setups, tests, or anyone who likes keeping data safe without waiting for a nightly job.

youtu.be/cccPnXnh6wA

17.12.2025 13:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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n8n 2.0 Docker Setup in 5 Minutes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vypp...

#automation #homelab #docker

12.12.2025 19:07 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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In this video, I test a tiny Beelink Cube to see if it can handle a TrueNAS instance. Compact, surprisingly capable, and yes… a little borg-cube-esque. Perfect for homelab tinkerers who like to push small hardware a little too far (but not lightyears or anything.)

youtu.be/35piaJgaeEA

12.12.2025 13:45 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who says open source is just for tinkering? Companies like Vates prove it can power a real business: youtu.be/19oGMBQypeE

09.12.2025 17:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is about when ZFS replication goes wrong – how you recover from it or fix it, so you don’t have to resend everything, and how to fix a stuck process. There’s some command line work involved, but it’s well worth the effort.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKuX...

#truenas #zfs #replication

09.12.2025 11:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I Moved to Immich... Can It Really Replace Google Photos?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5td...

08.12.2025 18:15 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Live in five! Today we're talking surveillance cameras, open source note taking, and answering your Homelab questions!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MaF...

04.12.2025 22:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Turning a Mini PC into a NAS sounds like a stretch - but that’s half the fun.

Here’s an experiment using an NVMe-to-SATA adapter to see how far small form-factor hardware can go. Compact, unconventional, and it just might inspire your next budget-friendly homelab build.

youtu.be/-bpEyuMO55E

04.12.2025 19:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Back in 2019, I compared Synology and UniFi’s camera platforms. A lot has changed since then.

In this update, I walk through how both systems have evolved, where each one shines, and what you should focus on when evaluating them or any modern surveillance stack.

youtu.be/fMVFCPzV41g

04.12.2025 17:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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03.12.2025 13:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0