Published May 5, 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 has a way of making a home lab feel more professional than it really is. You get a clean web interface, neatly named VMs, tidy storage views, and enough knobs to convince yourself the whole thing is under control . That confidence is useful because it keeps you building instead of second-guessing every decision.…