I'm gonna say mild ESH. Based on the details, I think you should have gotten the hint especially after how many times she said "as a friend". But she should have just said something.

Can always run a linux distro with a windows VM in virtualbox to access those softwares when you need them.

I do the exact opposite rn but my plan is to switch them... whenever I get around to it......

I have a salvaged desktop in a closet which I use for:

• pihole (adblock and local dns)
• unbound for upstream dns (no more 8.8.8.8 dns for me)
• VPN to access my home network and for some security on public wifi
• NAS (only via sshfs, want to try nextcloud) where data is stored on a software raid array
• a couple SQL databases for a hobby project

Since I have ports exposed (I know), I have it configured for no root login, some default ports are set to non default ports, and I have fail2ban installed.

I'm pretty proud of my setup and it's made my life and work flow pretty awesome and simplified, especially with the WFH/hybrid stuff.

I want to try nextcloud so I can consolidate my calendar(s?), and get rid of trello as a service, in addition to serving my NAS files. But i want to test drive it first and I dont have a system to do that properly at the moment.

This is great AITA copypasta lmao

I was just saying how normal the comments on these posts are and it feels.... weird.

OP, NTA

Windows 10 but I do most of my work in an ubuntu 22.04 VM in virtualbox. But use windows for games and casual use.

Server runs ubuntu 20.04 server which has a bunch of services for my network and my main storage.

Laptop runs ubuntu 22.04 desktop. It's an old laptop so I'm using ubuntu to extend its life.

Yeah dual boot is probably also bad long term for your drives if you switch frequently enough.

I havent switched the host and guest either because of how much work will have to go into configuring so I get that too.

Just looked up photopea and that's interesting I'll have to try it out!

I originally thought it was overkill for me, who just needed to access files, until I read about deck, calendar, and chat. Now I'm ultra sold. I'm tired of slack, trello, email, calendar all being in different places.

No-IP has been great for me for about a year now. No complaints.

Also, you don't need a crazy router to get started. Mine is a crappy $100 router. Most will have port forwarding if you need to expose ports, or ddns if you want a domain name. There are some things you'd want a slightly more powerful router for (like maybe a media server serving most of your house). But you can always upgrade your router.

I'm working through transitioning to it so I can consolidate things like my calendar, passwords, and trello as well as serve files.

I am worried that one day I'll sit at work, try to look at my calendar and realize I need to spend an hour updating it before I can actually get to my work. Or just to get to a single password.

I'll check it out! Appreciate the suggestion

I've thought about this too. All the hypervisors I've wanted to test or use to try operating systems quickly require browser usage over the network.

Which hypervisors are people using for OP's type of use case? KVM?

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