Subj : Coming back to Linux
To   : Accession
From : hyjinx
Date : Fri Sep 19 2025 20:20:32

 Ac> Hey hyjinx!

Hey Accession!

 Ac> On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:29:22 +1200, you wrote:
 Ac> 
 Ac>  > For virtualisation, I've never used proxmox before, but the brochure
 Ac>  > looks nice, it might satisfy the virtualisation host needs I have.
 Ac> 
 Ac> I'm unsure if you understand how Proxmox works. It is usually installed on
 Ac> metal, much like Windows or Linux themselves.

 Ac> 
 Ac> So, if you're looking for building a Linux machine, you may want to look a
 Ac> other options that you can run as an application on your Linux distro, lik
 Ac> Virtualbox, or something similar that won't take up your whole system.

I'll have another look at the website, but last week or so, I was watching
some fella running a Linux box and he had a nice GUI which dashboarded his proxmox host and all the VMs were running all his VMs, Windows 11, all the Linux you could shake a stick at. Just like VMWare ESXi or similar. The good thing about proxmox is that it is running Debian under the hood, so you can do what you want on the host machine too (as long as you are OK with running Debian as your machine). 

What do you think about the guest VMs though? Do you think they will get enough graphics grunt to do things like light gaming?

 Ac> An RTX 4060ti and 5060ti 12gb are around $400-500 USD it seems. The 5060 i
 Ac> only about $300. You definitely don't need a 5090 for what you want to do.

Good to know. There is a 'Palit' Geforce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB for $631 at our 'cheap' computer store. Is this a good card? I really don't know what all the numbers mean, and what memory to shoot for on a graphics card these days. The difference in price between a 5060 TI with 16GB is only $220 ($861).

 Ac> New Zealand's Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, has indicated that New Ze
 Ac> will not impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports, and therefore businesse
 Ac> sourcing from the US should not experience a direct impact.

I think it might more be global economics - in NZ we get affected by every country. Most of the stuff we get is from Asia because it's most geographically close, so the knock on effects of global tarrifs are making a huge impact on our country. Despite NVIDIA being an American company, the chips on the cards often come from elsewhere, and with brand names like 'Zotac' and 'Palit', I can guarantee you those 'NVIDIA' cards do not come from NVIDIA HQ in the USA. It would be political and economic suicide for a nation of 5 million to impose retalitory sanctions on the USA.

Thank you so much for your kind advice!

Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube)
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