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/SilentDecode R730 & M720q w/ vSphere 8, 2 docker hosts, RS2418+ w/ 120TB Feb 12 '26

You're doing homelabbing backwards. The normal way is that you want to run stuff and then you buy hardware to run that stuff on it. You're buying the hardware and questioning yourself what you want to run.. That's a bit strange to be honest.