Does anyone else use VMs almost like games?
by KGIII from LinuxQuestions.org on (#55732)
I'm happy with the distros I use, though I do have a laptop that I distro-hop with. I'm pretty content with Lubuntu on my desktop and I find that it is awesome with modern hardware. I'm pretty content with Ubuntu MATE on my laptops.
But, I use VirtualBox as though I'm a gamer. By that I mean that I have dozens of VMs and I boot them, play with them, keep them updated, learn about them, poke buttons, and break them in new and creative ways.
Some days (I'm retired), I'll spend hours doing this. Right now, for example, I'm using Solus in a VM and just installed it this morning. It required so many updates that it kept choking on them and so I had to do the updating in parts.
And this was fun. It was, too. I had a blast spending those hours poking, learning, and seeing what Solus had to offer.
I have absolutely zero intent to install it on bare metal. I don't have any professional goals with it. I just enjoy playing with all the distros.
I can't be the only one...
But, I use VirtualBox as though I'm a gamer. By that I mean that I have dozens of VMs and I boot them, play with them, keep them updated, learn about them, poke buttons, and break them in new and creative ways.
Some days (I'm retired), I'll spend hours doing this. Right now, for example, I'm using Solus in a VM and just installed it this morning. It required so many updates that it kept choking on them and so I had to do the updating in parts.
And this was fun. It was, too. I had a blast spending those hours poking, learning, and seeing what Solus had to offer.
I have absolutely zero intent to install it on bare metal. I don't have any professional goals with it. I just enjoy playing with all the distros.
I can't be the only one...