Mini PC for Homelab: Which Minisforum Fits Your Setup
Which mini PC fits your homelab? See what the Minisforum MS-01, MS-A2 and N5 Pro can handle and where their limits are. I run four of them around the clock with Proxmox in Berlin and France.
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Install Proxmox on a Mini PC: Set Up Your First Server
Never set up a server before? Here’s how to install Proxmox on a mini PC: prepare the USB drive, set up the BIOS, go through the installer and take care of the essentials after your first login.
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Cobblemon Server Setup: Self-Host COBBLEVERSE with Pelican
Set up your own Cobblemon server with the COBBLEVERSE modpack and the Pelican Panel: from Java 21 to whitelist and Chunky to backups and modpack updates.
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Homelab Beginner Guide 2026: How to Get Started Right
Want to start a homelab but don’t know where to begin? See which hardware is enough, how to install Proxmox and which services are worth setting up first.
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UniFi Network 11: What’s New for Your Homelab
Ubiquiti has announced UniFi Network 11 with live traffic flows, WiFi WAN as a backup, Matter support and a topology that also shows Thread devices. Here’s what’s actually useful for your homelab.
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Migrate a Proxmox LXC with Bind Mounts Using shared=1
Your LXC with a NAS bind mount won’t migrate until you mark the mount point as shared. Plus offline migration, GPU paths, and how to get the bind mount back after a pct restore.
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Proxmox CPU Governor Powersave: Fix a Hot Idle Mini PC
Your Proxmox mini PC gets hot at almost zero load? My i9-13900H hit 88 °C because the governor was set to performance. Here’s how to switch to powersave without a reboot and make it permanent.
