20 Ways to Use a Virtual Machine (and other ideas for your homelab)
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Looking for new ideas on how to use your virtual machines? Well, here's the top 20 ways to use your virtual machines in your homelab. Be sure to check out my follow up video on Virtualization vs Containerization 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxwUXJmAER4 Video Notes: https://technotim.live/posts/20-ways-virtual-machine/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/technotim Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/timothystewart6 Subscribe on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/technotim Become a YouTube member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOk-gHyjcWZNj3Br4oxwh0A/join Merch Shop 🛍️: https://l.technotim.live/shop Gear Recommendations: https://l.technotim.live/gear Get Help in Our Discord Community: https://l.technotim.live/discord 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TechnoTimTalks 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Why 01:08 - 20 Ways to Use A Virtual Machine Countdown 14:22 - Conclusion Follow Up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxwUXJmAER4 Thanks to these great products for existing. Distrowatch: https://distrowatch.com/ Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/ Home Assistant: https://www.home-assistant.io/ Homebridge: https://homebridge.io/ Wordpress: https://wordpress.com/ Kong: https://konghq.com/ Blue Iris: https://blueirissoftware.com/ ZoneMinder: https://zoneminder.com/ Plex: https://www.plex.tv/ pfsense: https://www.pfsense.org/download/ UniFi: https://www.ui.com/ OpenVPN: https://openvpn.net/vpn-server/ Rancher: https://rancher.com/ Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/ Docker: https://www.docker.com/ FreeNAS: https://www.freenas.org/ Pi-hole: https://pi-hole.net/ NextCloud: https://nextcloud.com/ FileZilla: https://filezilla-project.org/ Grafana: https://grafana.com/ Backblaze: https://secure.backblaze.com/r/01vnb8 UrBackup: https://www.urbackup.org/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/ Steam Remote Play (In Home Streaming): https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay Folding at Home: https://foldingathome.org/ (Affiliate links may be included in this description. I may receive a small commission at no cost to you.) Tim Kits: ► 4K YouTube Kit - https://kit.co/TechnoTim/4k-youtube-kit ► Pro Level Live Streaming Kit - https://kit.co/TechnoTim/pro-level-live-streaming-kit ► Budget Gaming Streaming PC 2020- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/budget-gaming-streaming-pc-2020 ► Performance Virtualization Server- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/performance-virtualization-nas-server ► Budget NAS Server- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/budget-nas-server ► Coding & Gaming Keyboards- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/coding-gaming-keyboards ► Coding & Gaming Mice- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/coding-gaming-mice ⏯ Recommended Videos ⏯ ► 20 Ways to Use a Virtual Machine (and other ideas for your homelab) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVQmzaSabEQ ► Remote Gaming with Promox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgx3NMk6F54 ► Let's Build a Discord Bot Using DiscordJS - Moderator Bot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSZcyz2-twQ #Proxmox #Homelab #Virtualization #FreeNAS #TechnoTim #selfhosted #OpenSource Description Tags: Techno Tim, technotim, learning, active directory, dns, mail server, manjaro, popos, pop os, home automation, web server nginx, apache, ghost blog, angular, react, vuejs, reactjs, api, golang, python, php, api server, api gateway, home security, home entertainment, plex, emby, kodi, network firewall, network appliance, pfsense, opensense, opnsense, xg firewall, sophos, untangle, home network, unify ubiquity, access point, docker, rancher, kubernetes, rancher, rancher 2.0, database server, mongodb, posgresql, mongo, mysql, sql, file server, samba, smb, freenas, open media vault, ad blocking, whole home adblocking, pihole server, personal cloud, public cloud, google drive alternative, ftp server, reporting server, indexing graphing, visualize data, kibana, torrent server, backup server, backblaze, urbackup, syncthing, duplicati, game server, minecraft server, gpu passthrough, gpu proxmox, remote gaming, remote gpu, steam in home streaming, steam remote play, crowdsourcing compute, crowd source research, fah, folding at home, k8s at home, docker at home, virtualize all the things, alexa, google home, homekit, apple, ios, android, open source, selfhosted, self-hosted, /selfhosted, home-lab, homelabber, /homelab selfhosting ideas Thank you for watching!
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