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jmlacroix on Sept 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Replacing a Development VPS with Linux on OSX

Hello, I'm the author of the post.

These are all good points, I should have made my goals clearer. I do not use it as a web development machine or something that needs to be always on.

I use it as an occasional machine, to compile and test stuff that's not working or unavailable under OSX. I was looking for a powerful and cheap VPS (which is uncommon) when I figured I'd be better served by a headless VM.

Another big plus for me is having access to it when there's no connectivity.

maratd on Sept 7, 2011 | [–]

> I use it as an occasional machine, to compile and test stuff that's not working or unavailable under OSX.

Makes perfect sense in that context.

mentat on Sept 7, 2011 | [–]

If you're mostly looking for headless VM, you should check out Vagrant. It makes setup, teardown, and provisioning pretty straightforward.

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