Your home lab's biggest mistake might be running everything in LXCs
…Passing an iGPU or GPU device into an LXC is possible, but it often feels more delicate than it should be. You have to think about device nodes, groups, drivers, and whether…
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PC building is expensive in 2026, and these are the used enterprise parts I'm buying instead
…5000 offers 16GB of VRAM and verified drivers for roughly $450 less than a new mid-range 8GB consumer card. These are workstation GPUs and aren't designed for intensive gaming, so…
I tested dual-boot, WSL2, and VMs to run Linux apps on Windows, and only one was worth keeping
…Technically, it relies on VMs deployed via Hyper-V, but thanks to its lightweight nature, terrific GPU acceleration support, and seamless integration with the underlying Windows system, I prefer it over conventional…
Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem
…Setup, research, and driver headaches make local AI feel niche and frustrating for mainstream users. Drop friction with friendlier installers, UIs, and hardware detection to make local AI mainstream. For the longest…
I turned my home server into an AI appliance, and this is the stack that actually stuck
…mid-range GPU without touching the cloud A practical offline AI setup for daily work. Integration with my productivity stack completely changed my workflow AI that understands and supports my daily work…
SteamOS 3.8 just dramatically improved a lot of handhelds except the Steam Deck itself
…Under the hood, SteamOS 3.8 comes bearing support for a wider range of AMD and Intel platforms, along with better handling of discrete GPUs and varied input configurations. Now, none of…
I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
…But I’ve also spent weekends trying to install drivers and configure packages on FreeBSD systems, only to run into a cascading chain of errors. But this experimental tool, Sylve, had one…
I optimized Proxmox's defaults and cut my home lab energy costs without sacrificing speed
…Related I tried using a Proxmox-based Windows 11 VM as my daily driver - here's how it went All it took was a little bit of tinkering and a whole lot…
Proxmox gave me Home Assistant plus a NAS, media server, and backup system on one PC
…Related GPU passthrough to LXCs beats VMs in Proxmox, and it's way simpler than you'd think There's no point in wasting GPU resources on VMs when LXCs can share…
I used Bazzite instead of SteamOS on my gaming PC, and it does everything SteamOS can't
…Things like virtualization support and GPU-passthrough are additional things that make this gap even larger, and are key strengths of Bazzite for me. Related 5 reasons Bazzite will still be better…