Home Assistant Versions and Hardware
Core, Docker, Supervisor, or Operating System. Home Assistant comes in 4 different versions for you to use, but what even are the differences between and once you pick out a version what hardware should you run it on? Let’s break each one down, piece by piece, and figure out not only which version is right for you, but what hardware you should install it on.
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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:35 – The 3 Laws of Smart Homes
1:40 – TL;DR Use This One
2:25 – Home Assistant Core
2:50 – What’s a Dashboard?
3:06 – What’s an Automation?
3:35 – What’s a Blueprint?
4:10 – What’s an Integration?
4:56 – What is HACS?
5:32 – Why Not Core?
6:20 – What’s an Add-on?
7:45 – Home Assistant Container
8:05 – What is Docker?
9:15 – Container Limitations
10:02 – My Docker Philosophy
10:31 – Home Assistant Supervised
11:27 – The Least Limited*
12:17 – Home Assistant Operating System
13:08 – HAOS Limitations
13:44 – But Which Version?
16:20 – What Hardware to Run it on?
17:17 – The Case Against the Pi
19:23 – A Superior* Option
20:33 – My Recommended Setup
22:22 – Outro
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Everybody Up by Sascha Ende
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