I run a proxmox hypervisor on a small intel NUC to f*** around and find about various things while learning enough linux to manage my own frustrations (there are plenty of those coming from a Microsoft-based consulting background).
I currently run the following containers:
- Frigate (LXC)
- homeassistant (VM)
- Plex (LXC)
- Technitiumdns (LXC)
- unifi (LXC)
- Debian with CUPS (VM)
Frigate is run parallel to my homeassistant instance and is used to broker messages about persons coming and going in view of my multiple hikvision cameras.
Homeassistant is used for homeautomation. I honestly thought I was going to love it – but it turns out I much prefer to do most things by hand as I’ve been accostumed to since childhood. I do have a few automations that I really like and that run on a frequent basis. One of my favorite ones is stopping the kids audiobooks in their rooms once they’ve fallen asleep. That actually saves me getting out of my own cozy bed late in the evening. So that’s a win.
Plex is a major cost-saver for us. We’ve totally ditched all music streaming services and are now the weird people who come and buy your old CDs (then flac’ing using Exact Audio Copy). It kind of helps that we mostly listen to old-school jazz.
Technitium is awesome. I have my own DNS sinkhole setup so I skip all advertisements – ALSO WHEN BROWSING FROM MY PHONE (this is the big win!). I absolutely loved getting that one up and running. In additon, we now have short-hands for all our containers that we can use so I don’t have to remember IP addresses (still need to remember port numbers. Such a bummer!)
Unifi is just for the controller. I use it when I have to troubleshoot something, but honestly not getting much frequent use out of it.
The debian VM was my most recent hooray. I installed it in order to upgrade my old brother laserprinter with AirPrint functionality using CUPS (Common Unix Printing System). My daughter uses it at least once per week to print Mandalas. It’s become more expensive in paper that way, but it kept me from buying a new printer when the toner died.
I am looking to add:
- Vaultwarden
- Nginx
- …and ollama to run all my AI models locally if someone wants to sponsor me a nice big GPU.