DiscussionOct 18, 2026

Show your home lab: the small setup edition

One mini PC, an old laptop, or a single Raspberry Pi—what are you running without a rack or a huge power bill?

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Most home-lab photos seem to involve a rack, three switches, and a dedicated room. I am more curious about the setups that fit on one shelf.

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One old ThinkCentre here. The service I removed was a dashboard with twenty tiles; a bookmark page with four links turned out to be faster.

The short version of our community norms, progression system, and what makes a contribution genuinely useful.

Not the apps with the longest feature lists—the ones you still open after the novelty disappears.