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People are sharing practical Home Assistant setups, including fully local voice control with CPU-only speech-to-text, and discussing alternative uses beyond typical home automation. There’s also active community troubleshooting/optimization interest, such as identifying worst-implemented aspects and publishing install guidance for HACS via Proxmox VM and Docker.

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Key Takeaway Home Assistant is being pushed in two directions right now: deeper DIY/local voice functionality and more advanced tinkering (like HACS on Proxmox/Docker) alongside critiques of rough edges.
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Home Assistant is being pushed in two directions right now: deeper DIY/local voice functionality and more advanced tinkering (like HACS on Proxmox/Docker) alongside critiques of rough edges.

People are sharing practical Home Assistant setups, including fully local voice control with CPU-only speech-to-text, and discussing alternative uses beyond typical home automation. There’s also active community troubleshooting/optimization interest, such as identifying worst-implemented aspects and publishing install guidance for HACS via Proxmox VM and Docker.

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Top 1 signals · Home Assistant is being pushed in two directions right now:
WunderTech · 36d ago
Installing HACS on Home Assistant (Proxmox VM and Docker)

Broader Home Assistant coverage

Other Home Assistant activity — not part of the “Home Assistant is being pushed in two directions right now:” story
r/homeassistant · 8h ago
What other purposes are you using Home Assistant for?

Briefing Findings · Home Assistant is being pushed in two directions right now:

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voice control setup Fully local, no AI, voice-controlled Home Assistant demo
addon install focus Installing HACS
deployment method On a Proxmox VM and Docker

What to Watch

  • Look for follow-up threads expanding on CPU-only, fully local voice control workflows on r/homeassistant. XDA Developers
  • Check for additional guides comparing HACS install approaches beyond “Proxmox VM and Docker.” WunderTech

What Changed

  • A short demo of my fully local, no AI, voice controlled Home Assistant, running on a Beelink mini PC using just CPU for speech-to-text. It’s pretty fast! XDA Developers
  • Installing HACS on Home Assistant (Proxmox VM and Docker) WunderTech
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WunderTech · 1 article
Broader Home Assistant coverage · not part of the Home Assistant is being pushed in two directions right now: story
r/homeassistant · 1 article

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Bare metal sounds like the best option for anything, really. You wouldn't run your home desktop PC through emulation, would you? The same goes for the smart home with Home Assistant. There's an OS package that runs on just about any hardware that meets the system requirements, and you'll have no trouble hooking up all your smart home devices and other integrations. It all just works. There's no worrying about keeping an underlying OS updated or other software that needs to run in between layers. It's the hardware, Home Assistant OS, and the familiar web UI. For many users of the platform, this

Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
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