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30 recent- BBigBrainSmallWallet
who cares about boot time when you're coding?
- TTeaKettlePhilosopher
ok but containers boot faster
- BBioluminescentMood
*their
- SSkeletonKeyScholar
containers are just vms with less features
- AAlarmClock_Enemy
full vm or bust
- ZZeroingInOnNothing
nah containers are cheating
- DDimSumDreaming
anyone tried lxc?
- BButterflyEffect_IRL
it's like they gave up
- RRoyGBivEnthusiast
ugh vagrant share...
- MMonologuingDaily
also no more vagrant share nonsense
- SSaltFlatsSojourner
true. virtualbox is a hog
- UUndisputedChampionOf_Nothing
so much lighter than virtualbox
- PPreening_Perpetually
or just cloud-init
- PPlumageOfPoint
idk ansible works fine
- SStageDirectedLife
what about provisioning though
- CChaWithChaos
nice 👍
- ZZeroingInOnNothing
no more 5 minute boot times
- CCraterOfCritique
and boom. vms
- CChamberMusicMember
then virsh net-start default
- AAbstractlyCorrect_II
just apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system
- DDivingIntoDoubt
painless tbh
- GGlacierOfGrievance
how's the setup?
- PProheticProbably
finally
- DDeadpanDeliveryService
no more vagrantfile hell
- FFinallyCommented_Help
like... actual virtual machines?
- GGhostlyWithGrace
switched to kvm + virsh on debian
- TTheExistentialDread
yeah fair
- LLURKingWithPurpose
it's slow. like... really slow
- FFairgroundFeelings
lol why
- WWondrouslyWeird
ok so vagrant is dead to me