Half of these exist because I was bored once.

The Windows 10 and MacOS ones are GPU passthrough enabled and what I occasionally use if I have to use a Windows or Mac application. Windows 7 is also GPU enabled, but is more a nostalgia thing than anything.

I think my PopOS VM was originally installed for fun, but I used it along with my Arch Linux, Debian 12 and Testing (I run Testing on host, but I wanted a fresh environment and was too lazy to spin up a Docker or chroot), Ubuntu 23.10 and Fedora to test various software builds and bugs, as I don’t like touching normal Ubuntu unless I must.

The Windows Server 2022 one is one I recently spun up to mess with Windows Docker Containers (I have to port an app to Windows, and was looking at that for CI). That all become moot when I found out Github’s CI doesn’t support Windows Docker containers despite supporting Windows runners (The organization I’m doing it for uses Github, so I have to use it).

  • wulf@lemmy.world
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    4 minutes ago

    I run a different LXC on Proxmox for every service, so it’s a bunch. Probably a better way to do it since most of those just run a docker container inside them.

  • veroxii@aussie.zone
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    50 minutes ago

    Not VMs but I have way more docker containers. I run most things as containers which keeps the base OS nice and clean and free from dependency hell.

  • bruhSoulz@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Bahah i have like 7 but im concerned by the fact i probably forgot the password to half of em xD

  • Auster@lemm.ee
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    4 hours ago

    On the joke, define “sane”. 😬

    On a serious note, I think there are valid reasons to have several VMs other than “I was bored”. In my case, for example, I have a total of 7 VMs, where 2 are miscellaneous systems to test things out, 2 are for stuff that I can’t normally run on Linux, 2 are offline VMs for language dictionaries, and 1 is a BlissOS VM with Google programs in case I can’t/don’t want to use my phone.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 hours ago

    Yeah.

    My home server runs that many, but it’s a monster dual xeon.

    The freebsd instances have a ton of jails, the Linux vms have a ton of lxc and docker containers.

    It’s how you run many services without losing your mind.

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I’ve had physical esx servers running this many VMS simultaneously, and I can totally see why a hobbiest or dev would have a need for this many VMs on standby. You are sane, yes

  • ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.placeEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I do have as many too at work.

    I use one VM for each iteration of my automation software. Our factory has machines ranging from the 90s to present day, and they use different software environments to be programmed. In order to minimize the risk of data loss, we have one virtual machine with every software environment, that way if one gets corrupted, the damage is contained. It also makes them easier to export to new computers when we need to replace ours.