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Picked this up from Facebook Marketplace and want to use it as a secondary homelab box.

Specs:

• i7-14700F
• RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
• 64GB DDR5
• 2TB NVMe

I already have an always-on main server running Docker/CasaOS, Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, Immich, Paperless, n8n, Uptime Kuma, etc.

This ASUS box would be for backups, extra storage, and local AI when needed. I’ll add more storage and may upgrade the GPU after selling the 4060 Ti since 8GB VRAM is limiting.

I probably won’t run it 24/7 because of power cost, so it’ll likely be an on-demand backup/local AI machine.

Looking for a Linux distro with:

• Clean GUI
• macOS-like look if possible
• Good security/privacy defaults
• NVIDIA support
• Docker/self-hosting friendly
• Easy maintenance
• Power saving / Wake-on-LAN support

Mostly a Windows user, but I like the macOS aesthetic. What distro would you recommend for this setup?

Just learned about S3-style object storage and was looking into self-hosted options for my homelab. Came across MinIO and got pretty excited because it seemed like exactly the kind of thing I’d want to learn and maybe use.

Then I noticed the repo is archived, which was a bit discouraging.

I know that doesn’t necessarily mean the software is dead, but it made me pause before building around it.

For those using MinIO, would you still adopt it today for a homelab? Or would you look at alternatives instead?

Curious what people here are doing.