Subj : Re: What's the hype with Proxmox?
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : unc0nnected
Date : Sun Aug 03 2025 20:30:26


 Me>  un> What's the benefit of proxmox in this mix over some of the stuff I'm
 Me>  un> using?  Where does it really shine?  
 Me> Proxmox is a Type 1 hypervisor, so it installs directly on bare metal,

So Proxox gets installed first, before the OS?  And then you have KVM's for windows/linux/whatever or LXC's for pure linux containers?  I used to run vSphere back in the day, similar to that?  

 Me> It's dead simple to manage, comes with a nice web UI, and runs on pretty
 Me> much anything, from an old laptop to a power-hungry 4U rack server and
 Me> everything in between.

Assuming it's pretty easy to have that WebUI served behind a VPN like tailscale or the like and then accessed remotely?

 Me> Hope this helps get your juices flowing =)

It does, thanks for answering.  Again, well aware this would be much faster for all parties involved for me to just google or ask an AI but I'll trade efficiency for human-human BBS interaction any day of the week(and twice on sunday)

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