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| === Welcome to the Open Homelab project! ===
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| We are here to help you spend less time deciding, and more time labbing and learning! To find out more about the project, please visit our '''[[About|About page]]'''.
| | Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software. |
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| <span style="color:red">Site is currently in ALPHA status, so please bear with us if there are any issues (e.g. performance etc). Report any bugs either via [https://twitter.com/openhomelab Twitter], [[Get Involved|Slack]], or via the ''[[Talk:Open_Homelab_Bug_Tracker|Open Homelab Bug Tracker]]'' page.</span>
| | == Getting started == |
| | | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list] |
| == Follow Us on Social Media ==
| | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] |
| [[File:twittericon.png|30px|left|link=https://twitter.com/openhomelab]]Our main Twitter account is [https://twitter.com/openhomelab @OpenHomelab], so make sure you follow for any major announcements. | | * [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] |
| | | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language] |
| == [[Get Involved]]! ==
| | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki] |
| *''The site was founded on the concept of crowdsourcing, so help us populate site content! If you want to [[Get Involved|get involved]], find out how easy it is to do so, look here: '''[[Get Involved]]!'''''
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| *''We are looking for a replacement for our temporary logo! Please submit your ideas by uploading them to our '''[[Open_Homelab_Logo_Gallery|Logo Gallery]]'''
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| == [[News|Latest News]] ==
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| *[[News#Monday 23rd May 2016|Mon 23rd May 2016 - El Reg publishes article about the Open Homelab project!]]
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| *[[News#Tuesday 17th May 2016|Tue 17th May 2016 - Open Homelab Project - now with added #CloudCred!]] | |
| *[[News#Friday 13th May 2016|Fri 13th May 2016 - The site is now fully SSL enabled by default!]]
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| *[[News#Tuesday 10th May 2016|Tue 10th May 2016 - The Alpha site is now LIVE!]]
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| == Brainstorming and Content Tracking ==
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| | style="vertical-align:top; width: 50%; border: 0px solid darkgray;padding: 5px;padding-left: 2em;" | A few key pages on the alpha site are:
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| * While the site is still under initial Alpha / under construction, the main brainstorming tracker page can be found here: '''[[Brainstorming]]'''
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| * We can work on updating the main article template here: '''[[Article_Template|Article Template]]'''
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| * Some basics on getting started with editing Wiki content are here: '''[[Beginners Guide to Wiki Editing]]'''
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| Some example articles for inspiration and ideas are here:
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| * [[Requirements Gathering]]
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| * [[Storage]]
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| * [[Intel NUC]]s
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| * [[Cloud Homelabs]]
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| * [[Supermicro Xeon D-1500]]
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| * [[Microsoft Licensing]]
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| * [[Corsair Obsidian 900D]]
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| * [[RDP Web Access]]
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| * [[Free Learning Resources]]
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| == First Time on the Site? ==
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| So there's all this amazing community content, but where do you start?! We suggest you start by:
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| * [[Requirements Gathering|Thinking about your '''requirements''']]
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| * [[Homelab Categories|Deciding what '''category''' of homelab most suits you]] | |
| * [[Building a Homelab|'''Building''' your homelab from compute, network, storage, etc]]
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| * [[Managing a Homelab|Installing and configuring some '''management tools''']]
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| * [[Homelab Security|Not forgetting to '''secure''' it!]]
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| Once you'e done all that, don't be afraid to '''[[Get Involved]]''' and write about your experiences and recommendations!!!
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| Recent Updates in the last 30 days can be found here [https://openhomelab.org/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&hidemyself=0&hidepatrolled=1&days=30 Changes]
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