So I have been contemplating virtualizing my day to day and running it on my host with the thought I could upload it to a cloud for various reasons. Thing is I would like to use a virtual machine but I want something that could be moved anywhere without any modification. So I sorta feel I would have to go with a container but again I sorta prefer a standar vm. Im just looking for peoples thoughts.

  • @utopiah@lemmy.ml
    2•19 days ago

    Honestly that’s a tempting idea… but then I remember that installing a fresh Debian on my desktop takes me 1h tops, swapping my /home directory and configuring few key software, in particular the browser, too so… for me, not worth it for now.

    Also in practice maybe I make a fresh install once a year, at most. Otherwise it’s quick Debian on remote machines, RPi, etc and then it’s pretty much per machine configuration.

    That being said if I were to do it I’d look at rsync with a set of ssh keys and Docker/podman for containerization of whatever services serve the data, potentially behind a VPN so that I can use it all remotely yet more securely. In practice though… that ends up being a centralized Web server, which I already use as https://fabien.benetou.fr/ and that’s been good enough for me for years, more than a decade now actually.

    Can you please elaborate a bit more on the use case and/or software you have in mind because maybe I don’t properly understand your needs?

    • HubertManneOPEnglish
      1•18 days ago

      Its just an idea I had. To virtualize my general computing environment for day to day that does not need a lot of resources generally. So the idea is it would be great to run it on my laptop but like move it to a cloud provider when traveling and travel with a laptop that has nothing personal and then interacting remotely. So a combo of easy change of hardware combined with travel without personal info.