Installing HA, Adguard home and a home cloud service on a Lenovo m93p tiny

Hey all.

Not sure if I'm in the right community but it seems there is lots of competence here so I'll try!

I'm super new to home assistant and automation in general, but recently got inspired to try to learn and automating my home step by step.

I found and ordered a second hand Lenovo thinkcentre m93p with 16 ram and SSD, significantly cheaper than any of the scalper prices on raspberry pi's out there. It comes with win10 pro.

I'm thinking to start by installing:

• home assistant Got some cameras and smart plugs and lights, mainly from IKEA and TP link. Seems almost any brand can be integrated with HA which is why I'm sold for it as per main home smart platform.

• Home cloud server service Not sure which app/platform is best for this like nextcloud etc. Suggestions are welcome! I have two portable SSDs I would like to connect here to the Lenovo.

• pihole or Adguard home Not sure which is better here. Simply want to block as much ads as possible while maintaining privacy.

Other than their definitions, I don't yet understand much about Dockers and VM like proxmox. I would love to have early advice from you here on how to best install and maintain these 3 services mentioned above, into the Lenovo tiny PC. Also, the Lenovo will be tucked away hidden and run "headless" and connected to my router.

Thank your so much in advance!

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