Blog - Turing Pi

July 5, 2026

k3s Networking on Turing Pi 2.5: Flannel vs Cilium vs Calico

Your k3s cluster has been running for a while. Flannel handles the networking. Pods communicate, services resolve correctly, and everything just works. So why would you change it? Most Container Network Interface (CNI) comparison guides never answer that question. They’re written for someone setting up a brand-new cluster, or for an x86 data center where […]

July 4, 2026

Jellyfin RK3588 Hardware Transcoding on Turing Pi 2.5: Setup and Benchmarks

Jellyfin is easy to deploy on almost any hardware. Building a media server that can actually handle real-world transcoding is much harder. Direct play tells you very little about a system’s capabilities. If every client already supports the source video, the server is little more than a file server. The real workload begins when a […]

June 28, 2026

Expose Self-Hosted Services Without Port Forwarding Using Cloudflare Tunnel

By now your Turing Pi 2.5 is doing real work. Nextcloud is running from the self-hosted Nextcloud guide. Maybe you have Immich handling your photo library, or Home Assistant managing your smart home. Everything works beautifully on your local network. The next challenge is getting to those services from anywhere else. The traditional solution is […]

June 23, 2026

Kubernetes Storage on ARM Homelab: Longhorn vs Ceph vs OpenEBS vs NFS

Choosing the best Kubernetes storage for an ARM homelab isn’t the same problem most Kubernetes storage guides are trying to solve. Many comparisons assume abundant RAM, dedicated storage hardware, and infrastructure that looks very different from a small k3s cluster running on ARM. This comparison focuses on four of the most common Kubernetes storage options […]

June 11, 2026

K3s vs K0s vs MicroK8s vs RKE2: Which Lightweight Kubernetes Fits an ARM Homelab?

The lightweight Kubernetes ecosystem has matured to the point where ARM homelab builders have several credible options. K3s, K0s, MicroK8s, and RKE2 all support ARM64, all run on RK3588 hardware, and all promise a simpler experience than a traditional kubeadm deployment. What they do not offer is the same trade-off profile. Most comparisons focus on […]

June 9, 2026

Immich on Turing Pi 2.5: Self-Hosted Google Photos Alternative on ARM64 with NVMe Storage

Google Photos gives you 15GB free. After that, every additional gigabyte becomes a recurring subscription. If you’re looking for a self-hosted Google Photos alternative, there is a better option: run Immich on the Turing Pi 2.5 cluster you already own, automatically back up every photo from your phone, and keep your entire library under your […]

June 6, 2026

Self-Hosted Personal Cloud on Turing Pi 2.5: NVMe Storage, Samba, and Nextcloud on ARM64

Self-hosted personal cloud platforms let you store, sync, and access your files from anywhere without paying monthly subscription fees or relying on third-party infrastructure. Services like Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, and OneDrive are convenient, but they come with storage limits, recurring costs, and limited control over where your data lives. If you’re already running a […]

June 4, 2026

ARM Compute Module Buyer’s Guide 2026: RK1 vs CM5 vs Jetson Orin Nano vs Orange Pi 5 and Orange Pi 5 Plus

You’ve decided to build an ARM cluster. Maybe you want to run k3s. Maybe you’re consolidating a handful of Raspberry Pis under your desk into something more intentional. You’ve done the reading, watched the YouTube videos, compared benchmark charts, and somehow ended up more confused than when you started. The Raspberry Pi CM5 is the […]

June 1, 2026

Whisper.cpp and Piper TTS on Turing Pi 2.5: Offline Speech Recognition and Voice Synthesis on ARM64

Cloud speech APIs have a cost. They also have a latency floor you cannot control, a privacy implication you cannot eliminate, and a dependency you cannot remove. Every audio file you send to a third-party service leaves your infrastructure permanently. Running voice processing locally solves all of that. You own the recordings, the transcripts, the […]

May 29, 2026

Home Assistant on Turing Pi 2.5: Self-Hosted Smart Home on ARM64

An 8GB RK1 node can comfortably handle Home Assistant alongside Pi-hole, Tailscale, Mosquitto, Portainer, and Uptime Kuma while still maintaining the low power profile expected from ARM infrastructure. That is the real appeal of running Home Assistant on Turing Pi 2.5 hardware: the RK3588 has enough headroom to consolidate several self-hosted stacks onto a single […]