Virtual Machines and Home Labs
Compare Proxmox VE, vSphere, VMware Workstation and more, then build live: spin up VMs with Vagrant on VirtualBox.
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What this session would cover
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- 1The real problem: one machine, many environments needed
- 2The tool landscape: Proxmox VE, vSphere, VMware Workstation, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU/KVM, Vagrant — what each is for and where they overlap
- 3How to choose: team size, integrations, where your data lives, and today's pricing and availability (checked live, not from memory)
- 4Live practical task: Spin up VMs with Vagrant on VirtualBox
- 5Build the reusable output together: Home lab build guide
- 6When you don't need a new tool at all, then live Q&A on your own setup
Who it's for
- • Students and developers who want hands-on practice with real tools
You'd leave with
- Home lab build guide
- A shortlist of 2–3 options from Proxmox VE, vSphere, VMware Workstation, VirtualBox and others, with the criteria to pick one
- Hands-on practice: spin up VMs with Vagrant on VirtualBox
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