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1. My dot Files

   So that I can share how I've configured several of my applications and systems on my laptop, I've created a new GitHub project for my dotfiles.

   Hope you can use them to find a different way to accomplish your goals or, even better, you find a bug or have a suggestion for me.

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2. Why I Chose Home Assistant OS

   For setting up Home Assistant, there are several choices: Home Assistant OS, Home Assistant Container, Home Assistant Supervised, and Home Assistant Core.

   I chose Home Assistant OS for a few reasons.

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3. Password Management with Bitwarden

   In a past life, I managed both Lastpass and 1Password. Neither of them were something I wanted to use personally, so I was looking for something better.

   In the mean time, I was using KeePassXC stored in Google Drive. And Holly and I also had a shared Keepass file stored in a shared directory so we could share passwords between us.

   But then I learned about Bitwarden.

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4. Wireguard: Home VPN Server

   I used to use OpenVPN as a means to connect to my internal network from outside of my house. It worked really well, but managing its configs was a little bit of a hassle and, frankly, OpenVPN is old news (/s). I wanted to play with a new toy.

   So I looked into Wireguard.

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