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As I briefly mentioned in the post “Building a Media Center”, I use Kodi on various devices to access my media collection. Here, I’d like to go into more detail about the installation and configuration that make this possible.
Media Library
This configuration requires a device that, in addition to SMB/CIFS (Windows) shares, also offers the ability to host a MySQL/MariaDB database. In my case...
There are countless instant messaging apps on the market. These range from platform-specific apps like Apple’s iMessage to those linked to other services like Facebook Messenger, apps from companies and organizations that offer only this product and the service behind it, all the way to completely open-source software where you have to set up the connection yourself, such as XMPP or Matrix. Howeve...
Having grown up with the dawn of the Internet, I was already connecting via BTX. I ran my own mailbox (bulletin board system, BBS), used it to participate in FidoNet, and shared it with others. Back then, you still had to dial into the Internet via a phone line. So it didn’t make much of a difference to download your messages yourself onto your PC using a modem.
Later, when the Internet came int...
