When an organization transitions away from SentinelOne—especially during a provider or staffing change—it’s common to lose access to the management console before every endpoint has been properly offboarded. Once console access is gone, the normal offboarding workflow breaks, leaving many machines with: Locked Safe Boot settings Protected services that refuse…
Introduction In my last post, I showed how compiling Whisper with TensorRT dramatically boosted transcription speed for Home Assistant’s voice features. Since then, I’ve pushed the project even further—optimizing performance, reducing VRAM usage, and laying the groundwork for a voice assistant whose responsiveness rivals cloud services like Alexa or Google…
As part of my ongoing efforts to evolve my home lab, the early 2025 overhaul brings a mix of exciting upgrades, optimizations, and migrations. From enhancing game server performance to further automating my smart home setup, these updates aim to improve efficiency, reduce noise, and increase the versatility of my…
Object First has released Ootbi version 1.6 (1.6.63.10886), introducing security enhancements, improved access control, and enhanced monitoring capabilities. This update further strengthens Ootbi as a secure and high-performance backup storage target for Veeam. Security & Access Management Stronger Authentication for IPMI & S3 Key Management Enabling IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management…
Veeam has released an important update to its Proxmox Virtual Environment Plugin with newly released version 12.1.3.197, bringing significant improvements in non-root user support, SOSAPI integration, and Proxmox networking compatibility. This update refines the initial release, addressing security, usability, and compatibility with the latest Proxmox versions. Key Enhancements in the…