Homelab software ideas to get you started! How to get started with your homelab software.

[@nextgodlevel]

great video, just have one question, is it possible to have a Minecraft server on desktop and play it on android phone?

[@FE-Engineer]

Yep. Just gotta use Minecraft bedrock edition.

[@Coffeeenjoyer31]

Also, have you heard anything good about single board computers that aren't raspberry pi?

[@FE-Engineer]

Why yes I have. I’ll grab my list. Raspberry pi’s are awesome. Their prices right now and in the recent past are simply unreasonable though in my opinion. But with a SBC. I would challenge. If you can get a mini-pc with a ryzen chip with 6 or 8 cores with hyperthreading, 16+ gb of ddr4 ram, and an NVME for $250 or so. Is the SBC still an optimal choice for you?

[@Coffeeenjoyer31]

@@FE-Engineer I was wondering if you knew about libre computer etc. if they run a simple ubuntu server okay

[@FE-Engineer]

So I have not personally used a libre. So take this for what it’s worth. They are getting stellar reviews and look solid though.

[@FE-Engineer]

They should run an Ubuntu server just fine. It looks really interesting. Arm based. Quad core. Only 2gb of ram though and that will be a bit limiting depending on what you want to run. Could run a web server no problem. Could run something like Nextcloud but it would be a bit slow because of the limited ram for caching. Could run a Minecraft server but not would not support a ton of players online at the same time. Would work as a great retropie. It has a small GPU in it.

[@FE-Engineer]

Sd cards. Not the fastest for data read/write.

[@Coffeeenjoyer31]

If i'm on windows, do I need to run a linux VM to have linux docker containers on the windows PC? or just WSL2 or something? thx for the vids.

[@FE-Engineer]

While you can run docker from windows. Theres a thing you can install I think it’s called “Docker for windows”. You can do that. But I would recommend due to the simplicity of Linux with installing uninstalling and kind of managing how much “junk” different things install. I would recommend trying running docker from windows subsystem for Linux. Most docker guides and things like that will largely be command line. Ubuntu in WSL is very feature rich and is hardly noticeable in differences from true Linux Ubuntu. And overall I think you will be happier in WSL rather than docker for windows. Take this all with a grain of salt just because yes I do run a few things in docker but largely I avoid docker if I possibly can. I would recommend starting there though. On the flip side. If you want docker to come up and run anytime windows is running. Then docker for windows might be a better option. I’ll also try and do some research into it when I have some time over the next week or so.

[@Coffeeenjoyer31]

@@FE-Engineer I will probably try the wsl method, My pc is usually running all the time for my local media server so it should be fine

[@FE-Engineer]

Sure. What were you planning on building in it or on it?

[@FE-Engineer]

The reason I ask is that depending on what you are doing. I can highly recommend Oracle cloud. You can get 4 vcpus with I think 24gb of ram and 200gb of disk space in the cloud for FREE forever. So depending on your project. It might be a good idea if you want something up and available and able to work from the internet. That might be a good way to do it. And in the cloud. If you break something. Or do something silly. Tear it down and start over. No risk to windows or anything on your machine.

[@Coffeeenjoyer31]

@@FE-Engineer probably just a pi-hole setup to start, i'm quite new to all this. Still learning the windows command line and getting my feet wet with linux.

[@Finnlulz]

Btw, pretty sure your video created demand for presearch "pre" token to surge up +70% in price.

[@FE-Engineer]

😂😂 if only I had that kind of ultimate power to stack the deck for my financial decisions. 😂😂

[@Finnlulz]

@@FE-Engineer I feel it's more like "little things, that move the world in random ways" : ). Random interesting info, to about a dozen people who's are interested & have right skills & enough funds to use, investing on that interesting info ; )

[@joeyjoejoejeoejojoeshabadoo]

If you have to go to youtube to follow a "home lab" tutorial ... do you really even need a "home lab"?

[@FE-Engineer]

I will never look down on or talk down to people who are seeking information and learning. Everyone starts somewhere. And I greatly respect people who go out of their way to learn new things and better themselves. As far as I am concerned one of the most important parts of life is the pursuit of knowledge and understanding.

[@edwald4056]

The fact that you asked that tells a lot. Why do car enthusiasts go to car shows? To see and learn from others. You might see something that you didn't know you could do better on your own set-up.

[@joeyjoejoejeoejojoeshabadoo]

@@edwald4056 Yes. All the worlds best racers, engineers, and people who actually MAKE AND DO things with cars go to car shows for several hours each week 🙄

[@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218]

No one is born knowing how to deploy a homelab and run it

[@joeyjoejoejeoejojoeshabadoo]

@@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218 a homelab for the sake of a homelab 🙄