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I am at the very beginning of my journey taking those first baby steps. As I don't yet understand all the sysadmin stuff, I'm treading rather carefully to avoid making unfuckable mistakes.
I recently switched to Void on my daily driver so it has been a bit of a trial to get used to a new OS and configure it correctly. Nevertheless, it's been a great learning experience.
Alongside it I've downloaded OpenWrt on my router and begun to configure it as well (still need to deal with the Wireguard and Unbound config).
For the actual server I managed to secure an old Dell Optiplex. In the near future, I plan to flash it with Libreboot and then install Debian or FreeBSD (apparently great ZFS support) on it. Though I've still no idea whether I should use Proxmox and how I should format my drives (one 500GB SSD and 4TB HDD) for maximum effiency and for the possibility of later easily upgrading my storage capacity.
When I've finally past these steps, I plan to selfhost music services, as well as few other basic services. My goal at the moment is to replace Spotify for my whole family. But it's still a long way to go.