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Over the last couple of months, I’ve tried repurposing several devices as home lab nodes, ranging from an LXC-heavy Proxmox workstation built from an old laptop to an accursed, barely-functional SBC-powered Hackintosh. But aside from full-fledged systems, …

As a PC aficionado since my teenage years, I've always been on the prowl for hardware with the best bang for my buck, and this habit has devolved into an obsession after I stepped into the dazzling, CLI-heavy world of home labs. Whether it’s SBCs, mini …