I’ve never ran VMs before and started by running Minecraft in Docker. I was having issues with Docker working as intended and spun up Virtualbox to host my VMs in Windows 10 home. Since I am very new to Ubuntu and VMs, I was relying heavily on Claude AI in the beginning to get everything working but as a side affect, I started learning more about Linux and how it operates. I dedicated 4gb of ram, 2 CPU cores and only 20gbs of storage in the beginning, but have upped the ram to 8gb since then. As this was a trial project, I’ve been very pleased with how everything is going on a 10yr old PC that I recently replaced. Now that I have everything working, I’ve implemented daily automated backups and have the PC turn on at 8am and gracefully shut down at 2am to keep my friends and I on schedule. Now I want to upgrade the hardware knowing I can make it work LOL.

It’s always a balance between security and convenience. You have to mitigate what risk you are willing to well…risk

Daddy, Mama and Baby. (Shark brand)