I have built my own Home Lab, and it's fantastic!

I recently have made this post talking about why I am ditching Windows and going full Linux. If you want to get a better context for what I am going to write here, you can check that out first. Yes, that’s right, I have build my very own home lab running Debian 13 Trixie, and it’s a life changer. For starters, I have completely ditched services like ChatGPT, Proton Drive, Google Photos, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon Music and so on. Now I host all of that in my own server, well, not exactly the same services, but the open source free (as in freedom) alternatives. ...

15 December 2025 · 2 min · Eloy Melo

Goodbye, Windows. Hello, Linux!

Well, I am back to Linux, and this time I believe it’s for good. Before I tell you why I am completely switching, let me give you some context. I’ve been on and off of Linux Distros for quite some time now. However, in late November of this year, I found myself in a pickle. Since I’m currently unemployed and with no money to continue paying for services like Proton Drive, Proton Pass, things of that nature, I decided to look into the self hosted aspect of things. I tried to do all of that using Windows, it kinda worked, but it felt wrong, I had some weird issues. Then I thought: “Now this is a great opportunity to install once more a Linux Distro and try it out over there.”. I couldn’t be more right. I installed Fedora 43 on my main tower, configured everything and I was ready to go. All working flawlessly with a server working with Debian as well, all perfect. I will definitely write a post about this whole process in the future. ...

15 December 2025 · 2 min · Eloy Melo