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Thunderbolt 5 eGPU enclosures for GPU compute on Linux. Compares Razer Core X V2 and Sonnet Breakaway Box 850 T5, with setup and benchmarks.
Self-Hosting | page 8 of 22
How to run your own servers, Docker stacks, and self-hosted services without losing weekends to config files.
Containerize your entire dev environment in one Distrobox command
Run any Linux distro as a POSIX shell wrapper with full device access, home directory, GPU passthrough, and SSH keys. Setup is instant and needs no VM.
Write your own Linux kernel scheduler in eBPF with sched_ext
sched_ext lets you write custom Linux CPU schedulers in eBPF and hot-swap them at runtime. Enable SCX, try scx_lavd or scx_rustland, or roll your own.
Systemd services from scratch: write, enable, and debug custom unit files
Write production systemd .service unit files: anatomy, security hardening, timers as a cron replacement, template units, and journalctl debugging.
COSMIC Desktop 1.0: one month of daily driving System76's Rust DE
COSMIC Desktop 1.0 hands-on after a month on Pop!_OS. Covers the Rust stack, tiling window manager, app ecosystem, and benchmarks vs GNOME and KDE.
n8n and Ollama local AI: $0/month, honest hardware math
Run private n8n and Ollama AI automations at home for $0/month in software, with real hardware costs, the num_ctx 8192 fix, and a worked example.