Published Apr 24, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's degree in English with a focus on professional writing and editing, and another Master's degree in Computing & Information Systems. After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Proxmox isn’t the only serious option for a home lab , and that’s exactly why I think this point matters. You can build a great setup around TrueNAS, Unraid, plain Debian, or a carefully maintained Docker host if that’s what fits the job. None of those are fake alternatives, and none of them need to be dismissed just to make Proxmox look better.…