Opinion Archives - VM and Cloud Hosting https://vmme.org/tag/opinion/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:52:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://vmme.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-vmware-cloud-director-10-5-0-unable-to-create-a-new-edge-gateway-firewall-rule-vexpert-consultancy-32x32.png Opinion Archives - VM and Cloud Hosting https://vmme.org/tag/opinion/ 32 32 Debian AI Vote has Divided the Community https://vmme.org/debian-ai-vote-has-divided-the-community/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:23:46 +0000 https://vmme.org/debian-ai-vote-has-divided-the-community/ In my opinion, AI-assisted coding will be (or already is) the new norm, whether we like it or not. The young developers will grow up with them and rely heavily...

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]]> Minisforum MS-03 Review: The MS-01 Home Lab Upgrade I’ve Been Waiting For? https://vmme.org/minisforum-ms-03-review-the-ms-01-home-lab-upgrade-ive-been-waiting-for/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:30 +0000 https://vmme.org/minisforum-ms-03-review-the-ms-01-home-lab-upgrade-ive-been-waiting-for/ The Minisforum MS-03 is in my opinion the true successor to the MS-01, and in this video I put it to the test as a Proxmox home lab server. I...

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]]> Ubuntu’s Official Flavour List Is Shrinking, And That’s Not a Bad Thing https://vmme.org/ubuntus-official-flavour-list-is-shrinking-and-thats-not-a-bad-thing/ Sat, 02 May 2026 15:32:53 +0000 https://vmme.org/ubuntus-official-flavour-list-is-shrinking-and-thats-not-a-bad-thing/ Another key point to acknowledge here is that not every flavour adds the same kind of value for users. Some have a very clear reason to exist, such as providing...

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]]> Making the Case for a Modern Synaptic-Style Package Manager on Linux https://vmme.org/making-the-case-for-a-modern-synaptic-style-package-manager-on-linux/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:56:24 +0000 https://vmme.org/making-the-case-for-a-modern-synaptic-style-package-manager-on-linux/ Not every distro is moving to the immutable model, and for those that don’t we need a tool that respects the needs of those users. Beyond just dependency management, it...

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]]> In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel https://vmme.org/in-the-age-of-ai-writing-tools-i-picked-emacs-for-my-sci-fi-novel/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 06:24:45 +0000 https://vmme.org/in-the-age-of-ai-writing-tools-i-picked-emacs-for-my-sci-fi-novel/ This is a strange admission because Emacs, from the outside, comes across as famously esoteric and unwelcoming. It demands a change of mindset, much like jazz requires a rewiring of...

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]]> I Ditched Claude Code and Now Using Open Source Qwen AI for Real Sysadmin Work https://vmme.org/i-ditched-claude-code-and-now-using-open-source-qwen-ai-for-real-sysadmin-work/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:28:28 +0000 https://vmme.org/i-ditched-claude-code-and-now-using-open-source-qwen-ai-for-real-sysadmin-work/ Borg is a powerful, fast, and reliable solution that is also very explicit, and forgetting even a single flag can affect the end result in ways you didn’t intend to....

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