I tried Omarchy Linux as a home lab workstation for managing Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, SSH, Git, and more. Here’s what I liked, what frustrated me, and where it fits.
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I tried Omarchy Linux as a home lab workstation for managing Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, SSH, Git, and more. Here’s what I liked, what frustrated me, and where it fits.
I pulled the Internet from my home lab to see what was truly self-hosted. Here’s what broke, what kept working, and the hidden dependencies I found.
Source: I Thought My Home Lab Was Self-Hosted Until I Pulled the Internet – Virtualization Howto
Learn 9 home lab monitoring metrics I watch beyond CPU and RAM, including disk latency, network drops, backup age, restart counts, and drive health.
Source: 9 Home Lab Metrics I Watch Before Something Goes Wrong – Virtualization Howto
8 home lab services I would run on bare metal instead of virtualizing, including firewalls, storage, backups, GPU workloads, DNS, and more.
Source: 8 Home Lab Services I Would Run on Bare Metal Instead of Virtualizing – Virtualization Howto
Learn what I avoid storing on a Proxmox boot drive, how I separate VM, LXC, backup, and ISO storage, and the drive layout I prefer for safer home lab recovery.
Source: 7 Things I Never Store on My Proxmox Boot Drive – Virtualization Howto
Learn how I used DockerWakeUp to stop running every Docker container 24/7 and automatically start services only when they are needed.
Source: I Stopped Running All My Docker Containers 24/7 and Do This Instead – Virtualization Howto