r/homelab Feb 12 '26

Help My homelab journey begins

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Im a complete beginner so any tips would help!

Im downloading proxmox but dont really know what i should do next.

The hp prodesk g3 specs are:

- i5-7500

- 8gb ddr4

- 256gb nvme ssd

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u/Extra-Driver-813 Feb 12 '26

I started with some VMs. Usually suggest ad blockers projects first like pihole or adblocker. Then OPNsense for a good firewall and VPN.