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I'm a CS teacher that asks their students to run multiple Linux instances in VMs. RAM usage is the biggest issue in this case. If each VM takes 1.5 GB just to o

I'm a CS teacher that asks their students to run multiple Linux instances in VMs. RAM usage is the biggest issue in this case. If each VM takes 1.5 GB just to open a terminal, running multiple on a laptop with only 8GB of ram becomes difficult. So I for one am very happy with these benchmarks.

pca006132 4y ago
Why not ask them to run headless VMs? they can even ssh into remotw instances so they don't even have to download and setup the VMs manually!
- nix23 4y ago
  Yeah or just make a account on sdf.org. And why more then one GUI-linux-vm?...i personally would just connect (ssh or mosh) to sdf (NetBSD) for C, sh, python etc on sdf.org. BSD's and linux are 90% the same and the rest is not hard to learn. >INSTRUCTOR (free) >STUDENT (free) https://sdf.org/?join https://sdf.org/?join
  - anthk 4y ago
    You are at sdf? Cool :) I have an account, but I am not validated yet. On VM resources... FFS, Alpine could run under 128MB of RAM, enough to do basic configurations.
    - nix23 4y ago
      >You are at sdf? Yes ;) for netbsd and plan9/9front (9p.sdf.org) Got my account ~3 years ago an validated it immediately, it's fast and simple (at least with paypal). For plan9 you don't need validation just create a new account (same mail-adress if you will and different pw) https://sdf.org/plan9/ https://sdf.org/plan9/ >On VM resources... FFS, Alpine could run under 128MB of RAM, enough to do basic configurations. Yeah Alpine is really nice...and musl ;)
  - wink 4y ago
    Interesting how you'd infer that a simple user shell (remote) would tick all the boxes I'd associate with running a VM. Root access, networking (between the VMs), works offline, can (doesn't have to) use GUI programs.
    - nix23 4y ago
      I never say anything about tick "all boxes" but instead having your students install 100vm's you could just have setup a sandbox for them. >works offline Yeah that's not a thing when you learn CS. >use GUI programs. Yeah please no, it's a waste of time when learning something about server's...i think that's what you teach...well i hope, and if you really really want, tunnel X11-apps...an hell give your students a sandbox! Less inconsistency for you, less waste of time for your students.

pca006132 4y ago

Why not ask them to run headless VMs? they can even ssh into remotw instances so they don't even have to download and setup the VMs manually!

nix23 4y ago
Yeah or just make a account on sdf.org. And why more then one GUI-linux-vm?...i personally would just connect (ssh or mosh) to sdf (NetBSD) for C, sh, python etc on sdf.org. BSD's and linux are 90% the same and the rest is not hard to learn. >INSTRUCTOR (free) >STUDENT (free) https://sdf.org/?join https://sdf.org/?join
- anthk 4y ago
  You are at sdf? Cool :) I have an account, but I am not validated yet. On VM resources... FFS, Alpine could run under 128MB of RAM, enough to do basic configurations.
  - nix23 4y ago
    >You are at sdf? Yes ;) for netbsd and plan9/9front (9p.sdf.org) Got my account ~3 years ago an validated it immediately, it's fast and simple (at least with paypal). For plan9 you don't need validation just create a new account (same mail-adress if you will and different pw) https://sdf.org/plan9/ https://sdf.org/plan9/ >On VM resources... FFS, Alpine could run under 128MB of RAM, enough to do basic configurations. Yeah Alpine is really nice...and musl ;)
- wink 4y ago
  Interesting how you'd infer that a simple user shell (remote) would tick all the boxes I'd associate with running a VM. Root access, networking (between the VMs), works offline, can (doesn't have to) use GUI programs.
  - nix23 4y ago
    I never say anything about tick "all boxes" but instead having your students install 100vm's you could just have setup a sandbox for them. >works offline Yeah that's not a thing when you learn CS. >use GUI programs. Yeah please no, it's a waste of time when learning something about server's...i think that's what you teach...well i hope, and if you really really want, tunnel X11-apps...an hell give your students a sandbox! Less inconsistency for you, less waste of time for your students.