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Windows Home Server on HP 15s — Part 1: Windows Prep, WSL2, and Docker

A comprehensive deep-dive into transforming your HP 15s-du2077TU (i5-1035G1, 16 GB RAM) into a Windows home server. Part 1 covers hardware analysis, battery safety, BIOS tuning, Windows power settings, WSL2 installation and resource limits, native Docker Engine setup inside Linux, and the dual-drive storage layout strategy.

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  1. Part 1 Windows Home Server on HP 15s — Part 1: Windows Prep, WSL2, and Docker A comprehensive deep-dive into transforming your HP 15s-du2077TU (i5-1035G1, 16 GB RAM) into a Windows home server. Part 1 covers hardware analysis, battery safety, BIOS tuning, Windows power settings, WSL2 installation and resource limits, native Docker Engine setup inside Linux, and the dual-drive storage layout strategy.
  2. Part 2 Windows Home Server on HP 15s — Part 2: Cloudflare Tunnel, Reverse Proxy, and Core Services Deploy cloudflared as a Windows system service for zero-port-forward HTTPS access, configure Caddy reverse proxy inside Docker, and build the core self-hosted stack: Portainer, Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, Uptime Kuma, and n8n — all on your HP 15s-du2077TU running Windows with WSL2.
  3. Part 3 Windows Home Server on HP 15s — Part 3: Local AI Stack with Ollama, Open WebUI, and Odysseus Deploy a complete local AI stack on the HP 15s-du2077TU (i5-1035G1, 16 GB RAM). Covers the physics of CPU-only LLM inference and DDR4-2666 memory bandwidth math, Ollama model selection for 16 GB, Open WebUI for ChatGPT-style chat, Odysseus AI workspace with autonomous agents, Flowise for visual AI pipelines, and Qdrant for vector search RAG.
  4. Part 4 Windows Home Server on HP 15s — Part 4: Automation, Monitoring, and Dual-Use Operations Master the operational side of your HP 15s-du2077TU home server: advanced Task Scheduler reliability, a comprehensive PowerShell health monitor with Telegram alerts, WSL2 clock drift fixes, OOM recovery, DNS troubleshooting, Restic cloud backups, and configuring the laptop for seamless dual-use as a daily driver and background server simultaneously.
  5. Part 5 Windows Home Server on HP 15s — Part 5: Cost Analysis, Performance Audit, and Hybrid Architecture A rigorous financial analysis of your HP 15s-du2077TU home server: exact electricity cost in Indian Rupees with state-wise tariff breakdowns, 3-year TCO vs. AWS Lightsail, Hetzner Cloud, and Hostinger VPS, WSL2 vs. bare-metal performance audit, and a hybrid architecture design combining local hardware with free cloud services.