Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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This is something that has been requested since Matt’s original review of the mini-PC a couple of months ago. An unexpected question led to a rebuild of the machine by a friend's son, answering many questions about running it as a Linux-based Homelab server.
This video isn’t instructional; it’s about what you can do with a mini-PC like this one to create an environment to learn, experiment, and hone the IT skills that you’re most interested in, whether for professional or personal pursuits.
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00:00 Intro
00:39 Background information and summer projects
01:40 Matt’s original review and Level1Techs’ AI X1 Pro review
01:59 Left with Debian, returned with Proxmox
03:00 Ollama VM with GPU passthrough
05:22 Networking-focused VM with BIND
09:00 TrueNAS with Gitea and Portainer
11:50 Docker host and running containers
15:04 Closing and the importance of knowledge transfer
lawrence.video
This is something that has been requested since Matt’s original review of the mini-PC a couple of months ago. An unexpected question led to a rebuild of the machine by a friend's son, answering many questions about running it as a Linux-based Homelab server.
This video isn’t instructional; it’s about what you can do with a mini-PC like this one to create an environment to learn, experiment, and hone the IT skills that you’re most interested in, whether for professional or personal pursuits.
Connect With Us
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+ Hire Us for a project: lawrencesystems.com/hire-us
+ Toms' Twitter 🐦 twitter.com/TomLawrenceTech
+ Our Website lawrencesystems.com
+ Our Forums forums.lawrencesystems.com
+ Instagram instagram.com/lawrencesystems
+ Facebook facebook.com/Lawrencesystems
+ GitHub github.com/lawrencesystems
Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag
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►👕 lawrence.video/swag
AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS
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Amazon Affiliate Store
🛒 amazon.com/shop/lawrencesystemspcpickup
UniFi Affiliate Link
🛒 lawrence.video/unifi-affiliate
All Of Our Affiliates help us out and can get you discounts!
🛒 lawrencesystems.com/partners-we-love
Gear we use on Kit
🛒 kit.co/lawrencesystems
Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at
🛒 https://www.techsupplydirect.com?aff=2
Digital Ocean Offer Code
🛒 https://m.do.co/c/85de8d181725
HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service
🛒 hostifi.net/?via=lawrencesystems
Protect your privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access
🛒 privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/LRNSYS
Patreon
💰 patreon.com/lawrencesystems
00:00 Intro
00:39 Background information and summer projects
01:40 Matt’s original review and Level1Techs’ AI X1 Pro review
01:59 Left with Debian, returned with Proxmox
03:00 Ollama VM with GPU passthrough
05:22 Networking-focused VM with BIND
09:00 TrueNAS with Gitea and Portainer
11:50 Docker host and running containers
15:04 Closing and the importance of knowledge transfer
