Episode Details

When your home server dies and you're rebuilding, the default choice for many is Proxmox — but is it actually the right call? This episode digs into the real differences between running Proxmox VE and a stock Ubuntu Server install with KVM and libvirt for a simple three-VM setup. We cover resource overhead (Proxmox uses about 1GB RAM idle vs ~350MB for minimal Ubuntu), ZFS management differences, USB passthrough for Zigbee dongles, and the hidden cost of running Corosync on a single node. If you've ever wondered whether muscle memory is hiding architectural inertia in your homelab, this one's for you.