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I am building a new house and I am trying to prewire as much as possible. If price was not an object what would you pre-wire? in c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

[–] electrowiz64@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago

Smurf tube from basement/telco closet to attic, run more cable/fiber down the road. 2-4 cat6 per room.

Don’t go too crazy with speakers. I’m running 2 speakers in the ceiling in the living room, hooking it to a Sonos amp which will act as surrounds for an Arc soundbar, the future is soundbars sadly.

10G Ethernet seems to be expensive. What am I missing? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] electrowiz64@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I’m in a Ubiquiti world now. All the 2.5gb switches are more expensive and not many other vendors. SFP switches are more ubiquitous, atleast from Ubiquiti

Couldn't afford the power bill anymore so I adapted and overcame. in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] electrowiz64@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I’m only having 1 rack with a consumer class CPU where I’ll be buying micro PCs for the rest

Why did you buy a MacBook? in c/apple@hardware.watch

[–] electrowiz64@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mixed bag. The butterfly keyboard were horrendous. And I’m worried about repairing the screen with that notch