2022-06-22

When I posted earlier about moving the website from FreeBSD back to Linux, I moved to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS VM running on my Mac Mini M1. I was most worried about crashes, bugs, or possibly the VM affecting the performance of the Mac Mini, but those worries soon disappeared. My everyday workflows have not been influenced in any way; the longer I work with the Mac Mini M1, the more impressed I am with this little workhorse. I load-tested the server with Ali, sending hundreds of connections a second, and the server barely blinked. I am hard-pressed to get the VM to use any memory; I could probably run with 1GB of memory and never have an issue.
It is worth noting that I did my own minimal installation of Ubuntu; I did not use a UTM gallery image as I wanted the installation to be as minimal as possible for my needs. I am intrigued to try the ReactOS and Sun Solaris images at some point. I wish there were an IRIX image, but I do not believe they can emulate IRIX, which may be due to legal reasons.