Rockstor Reviews

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Rockstor mentions (4)

• Does the NAS market really suck or did I miss something?

  I see everyone talking about FreeNAS and TrueNAS but what about RockStor? https://rockstor.com/ I've been using their free version for about two years now and so far rock solid (bar the irritating nag screen everytime I go to the dashboard). Source: over 1 year ago

• RAID ZFS etc, what to use when not buying all disks at once

  There are OSes (like unraid or RockStor) that give you a GUI for some things, but those are strictly optional. Source: over 2 years ago

• Why is Amahi not a popular home server solution?

  Rockstor is another one that rarely gets talked about. I never used it, but it looks interesting and might be good if someone wants a WebUI for managing btrfs. Source: about 3 years ago

• NAS with BRTFS?

  If you're planning to make your own btrfs-based NAS, then you might find Rockstor interesting. Altought not perfect, I've been using it for a long time with zero issues. Source: about 3 years ago

Lubuntu mentions (17)

• Running workloads at the edge with MicroK8s

  MicroK8s is a lightweight, batteries included Kubernetes distribution by Canonical designed for running edge workloads which also happens to be developer-friendly and a great choice for building your own homelab. The following lab covers how to install and run MicroK8s on your own edge node running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, deploy the NGINX web service and exposing your NGINX website to the Internet with SSL/TLS enabled... - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Session manager Anbox

  Anbox Cloud as a solution developed by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, to bring Android at scale to any cloud with support for ultra low latency video streaming and recent Android versions. Source: about 1 year ago

• Open Class - Distributing ROS2 Apps with Snaps

  In this open class, we will get hands-on with the new course Distributing ROS2 Apps with Snaps offered by Canonical - Developers of ubuntu), you’ll learn the basics of snap creation for ROS & ROS2 applications. Source: over 1 year ago

• What happened in IoT last two months? Here are some headlines I found interesting

  Ubuntu Core is an app-centric embedded operating system based on Ubuntu. Developers can focus on building apps while Canonical provides and maintains low-level components. Ubuntu Core enables advanced security capabilities out-of-the-box, and Canonical supports devices running Ubuntu Core for up to ten years, delivering security patches and bug fixes. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What happened in IoT this April? Here are some headlines I found interesting from last month

  This month, NVIDIA finally open-sourced kernel modules for their GPUs. With what was by now a much-awaited transition towards the landscape of open-source software, the silicon vendor released the kernel driver under a dual MIT/GPL license. Cindy Goldberg, VP of Silicon alliances at Canonical, noted how the new NVIDIA open-source GPU kernel modules simplify installs and increase security for Ubuntu consumers,... Source: about 2 years ago