8 Modern Linux Commands I Use Instead of the Old-School Alternatives
If you are like me, you spend a lot of time behind the wheel of the Linux command line. I usually am connected to Proxmox hosts, Docker servers, kubernetes nodes,…
Tag: home server
7 Proxmox Memory Tweaks That Make Your RAM Go Further
RAM is one of those things that can disappear in a home lab VERY quickly, especially if you don’t pay attention to how it is allocated across the board. In…
Minisforum MS-03 Review: The MS-01 Home Lab Upgrade I’ve Been Waiting For?
At the beginning of 2024, I got my hands on my first Minisforum MS-01 in my home lab fleet. I knew when I originally saw what Minisforum had actually pulled…
7 Home Lab Services I Always Give a Static IP Address
DHCP is one of the services that just makes network management much easier. You don’t have to worry when you connect a laptop, smartphone or some other device to your…
Install Proxmox ARM64 on a Raspberry Pi 5 This Weekend
Well, if you saw my post a couple of days ago, we had the news released that Proxmox Server Solutions was releasing Proxmox VE Server as a fully supported ARM64…
The 9 Things My Home Lab Automates While I’m Sleeping
When I think about one of the things that I am most proud of in my home lab in 2026 it is the level of automation and “self sufficiency” that…
The Best Free Home Lab Tools I Discovered in 2026
Every year, I come across dozens of new open source projects that I stumble on or ones may write me about or mention in a comment to try out. Most…
The 8 Hypervisors I’d Actually Recommend in Late 2026
So I think, in my opinion we have an even more rounded out list for virtualization platforms heading into late 2026. The list below is definitely an opinionated list, but…
The Docker Networking Mistakes I Still See in Home Labs (And How I Avoid Them)
Docker is an amazing tool that can be used both in production and in our home labs. I am a huge proponent of containerizing what makes sense. In the day…
The systemd Services and Timers I Use in My Immutable Linux Home Lab
For the past several months now, I have shifted my home lab to immutable Linux distros like Flatcar which has changed how I think about installing software and things like…
