Robin’s homelab edition: first a quick follow-up on snac, then we dive into Proxmox for reviving old PCs, Portainer for hassle-free Docker management, and the best 2025 IRC stack (Soju bouncer + Halloy desktop + Goguma mobile) and using Libera.chat as a community hub.

• Tools I’m using for this podcast (sadly mostly not FOSS, yet)


• snac the micro-fedi server


• Proxmox
  
  
  
  • Community install scripts
  
  
  • Post-install script
  
  
  
  


• Portainer


• Soju IRC Bouncer


• Halloy Desktop IRC Client
  
  
  
  • Halloy Themes (I’m using Zenburn and sunset)
  
  
  
  


• Goguma


• Libera.chat
  
  
  
  • Choosing an IRC Client