Subj : Re: Linux
To   : Lonewolf
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Oct 25 2025 01:07 pm

-=> Lonewolf wrote to Nightfox <=-

Lo> Something I'm fairly new to is Proxmox. I'm running a VM of Windows 10
Lo> 32 bit to host my Synchronet BBS server under it. It's been up about a
Lo> month now and so far it seems pretty snappy on an older Dell i5 7th gen
Lo> Intel with 32G memory. I'm also hosting PiHole on the same Proxmox
Lo> server. I think I like it better than Virtual Box, performance wise.

Welcome down the rabbit hole!

I worked with VMWare for a couple of years on high-end hardware, dealt
with VMWare's hardware compatibility list changes, and got used to VMs
being particular about their hardware.

I took the laptop the BBS ran on in bare metal, added some more memory
(it was running 32-bit Windows, so only 4GB) and put Proxmox on it.
Re-installed the BBS as a guest on the same hardware, and it ran
perfectly - plus gave me the ability to do snapshots and run other VMs
as well.



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