

Yes, I have 16 GB of RAM in my notebook for a good reason.

On some days, several virtual machines with different Windows versions are running concurrently with Ubuntu workstation instances that encapsulate my software development environment and instances that let me try out new things before I use them on my main system. I’ve been using Virtualbox on my notebook for many years now and often use several virtual guests simultaneously. After deciding to migrate the services I host at home such as Nextcloud, Selfoss, OpenVPN, etc., into virtual machines, the big question was which virtualization environment to use.Īt first I was tempted to use Virtualbox, an open source project Oracle has inherited with its acquisition of SUN a few years ago. After telling my story about upgrading and virtualizing my cloud at home in a previous post, I thought I’d follow-up on the story with some technical details on my new implementation.
