Incus: LXD's Community Fork, Two Years In
Two years after Canonical's LXD CLA grab, Incus is shipping in Debian/Fedora/NixOS. Here's what changed, what works, and when to use it.
Tag: virtualization
All the articles with the tag "virtualization".
KVM/QEMU/libvirt: CLI Workflows
virt-manager is fine, but real homelab automation lives on the command line. virt-install, virsh, cloud-init, provision VMs in seconds, not click-by-click.
Lima vs Multipass
VM-backed Linux dev environments on macOS/Linux, Lima vs Multipass compared on speed, container support, and resource use.
VLAN Basics for Home Labs: Segment Your Network Before It Segments You
Learn VLAN basics for your home lab: 802.1Q tagging, trunk vs access ports, managed switch setup, and pfSense VLAN configuration to isolate IoT, guests, and your NAS.
Time Sync on VMs: Why NTP Keeps Drifting
Your VM's clock is off by minutes, NTP says it's synced, yet the system keeps drifting. Here's why the hypervisor is the real culprit, and how to fix it.
Proxmox vs XCP-ng: Hypervisors for People Who Like Their Data Center at Home
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Proxmox vs XCP-ng compared for homelabbers: KVM vs Xen, ZFS support, web UI vs Xen Orchestra, backups, and which free hypervisor fits your spare rack server.
Understanding Docker vs. Full Virtual Machines (VMs)
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Containers share the kernel; VMs have their own. Understand the isolation trade-offs, overhead differences, and when to use which.
Understanding and Optimizing Performance in Proxmox VE
Squeeze more out of Proxmox VE, CPU pinning, memory ballooning, IO threads, virtio drivers, and storage tuning for faster VMs.
A Guide to LXC/LXD
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LXC/LXD runs full Linux environments in lightweight containers, faster to spin up than VMs and perfect for home lab service isolation.
How to Upload an ISO to Proxmox (3 Ways)
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Upload an ISO to Proxmox three ways: web UI, wget onto the node, or SCP. Where ISOs live, why browser uploads stall, and how to fix storage with no ISO option.