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[1007.48 --> 1008.20] 7.2. |
[1008.26 --> 1018.48] Now, the headline feature for me, besides, you know, fun stuff like the Linux kernel getting a bump and QEMU and LXC and ZFS and all those things getting bumps to the latest versions, |
[1019.10 --> 1023.52] is support for the accelerated VertIO GL display driver. |
[1024.68 --> 1025.02] I know. |
[1025.12 --> 1026.36] It sounds thrilling, right? |
[1026.36 --> 1027.08] But hear me out. |
[1027.08 --> 1030.26] This particular display driver is in software. |
[1030.92 --> 1033.60] And I went from about 13 frames per second. |
[1033.76 --> 1035.34] We all know what that feels like. |
[1035.42 --> 1039.24] That's what the traditional VM in a browser has felt like for a decade. |
[1039.82 --> 1044.34] I went from about 10 or 15 frames a second to over 100. |
[1044.68 --> 1046.22] Hey, whoa, really? |
[1046.50 --> 1048.18] Just changing that feature. |
[1048.48 --> 1051.00] And there was no drivers required on the guest. |
[1051.48 --> 1054.66] I had to install a couple of packages on Proxmox itself. |
[1054.66 --> 1056.62] But it tells you what they are in the documentation. |
[1057.08 --> 1058.00] And that was it. |
[1058.06 --> 1058.42] I was done. |
[1058.78 --> 1061.50] And suddenly, I've got 10 times performance improvement. |
[1061.60 --> 1062.58] How often does that happen? |
[1062.96 --> 1063.76] That's huge. |
[1064.44 --> 1068.02] I can tell you, I've experienced that on Parallels on the M1 Max. |
[1068.02 --> 1074.64] When they added support for the M1 platform, they added VertIO and VertIO GL for the graphics pass-through. |
[1074.80 --> 1079.56] And it makes the desktop on Linux responsive like it's on the Metal. |
[1079.74 --> 1080.88] It's really, really great. |
[1081.00 --> 1084.08] And so how are you accessing this through Proxmox? |
[1084.08 --> 1086.10] Is it through the web console? |
[1086.38 --> 1087.22] Through the web browser? |
[1087.48 --> 1088.84] Yeah, nothing crazy at all. |
[1088.98 --> 1093.82] So there's a Spice client that connects to the VM's console in the browser. |
[1094.18 --> 1096.24] There's no hardware pass-through going on here. |
[1096.30 --> 1097.24] I want to be absolutely clear. |
[1097.30 --> 1098.48] This is all in software. |
[1099.50 --> 1105.14] Traditionally, we did a whole episode of Linux Unplugged a long time ago now on GPU pass-through |
[1105.14 --> 1108.70] and how much of a bitch it can be to get the right hardware and get the right software |
[1108.70 --> 1110.76] and everything all lined up just tickety-boo. |
[1111.66 --> 1112.80] It's a lot easier these days. |
[1112.92 --> 1114.80] Now, NVIDIA have kind of capitulated there. |
[1114.96 --> 1116.30] But I digress. |
[1116.62 --> 1117.74] This is all software. |
[1118.24 --> 1124.08] And, you know, I can't overstate just a 10x performance improvement right in front of my eyes. |
[1124.08 --> 1131.04] And so now I've gone from needing a spare laptop to test Linux desktop distros to get the feel, right, |
[1131.10 --> 1134.30] to get that high frame rate feel of what a new GNOME release feels like, |
[1134.30 --> 1136.54] what a new KDE Plasma release feels like. |
[1136.78 --> 1140.08] I can do this now in the browser from Proxmox. |
[1140.20 --> 1142.40] And it's so great. |
[1142.88 --> 1143.64] That's awesome. |
[1143.92 --> 1148.30] I'm, oh, I've decided Proxmox is going on the studio servers. |
[1148.42 --> 1151.26] We put a pullout to the audience again and said, |
[1151.26 --> 1154.76] what do you think of a Proxmox with Nix combo? |
[1155.18 --> 1157.80] Probably some open source in there, too, just to make the lizards happy. |
[1158.30 --> 1162.26] And we're going to have three systems, and at least two of them are going to be running Proxmox. |
[1162.26 --> 1164.84] And Proxmox is going to start with 7.2 out of the gate. |
[1164.96 --> 1167.04] So we're going to get this feature out of the gate. |
[1167.44 --> 1168.64] Proxmox is a great choice. |
[1168.80 --> 1174.54] There's a, it's a Debian user space with a modified Ubuntu kernel, |
[1174.78 --> 1176.86] which means that you get ZFS support as well. |
[1176.86 --> 1179.96] No DKMS nonsense to mess around with. |
[1180.02 --> 1181.14] It's just there. |
[1181.14 --> 1185.32] And you get a nice little GUI on top to manage your VMs. |
[1185.40 --> 1187.50] I mean, there's some other stuff, too. |
[1187.58 --> 1189.68] Like, they've got a pretty slick backup server. |
[1190.48 --> 1194.16] And, you know, the community around Proxmox is really starting to gather steam. |
[1194.28 --> 1197.84] I've really noticed in the last, I would say, two to three years, |
[1197.84 --> 1200.32] it's gone from being a kind of niche project. |
[1200.66 --> 1203.28] It's really up and coming right now. |
[1203.64 --> 1204.54] You know, they've been consistent. |
[1204.96 --> 1207.72] They've delivered over and over and over again with it. |
[1207.72 --> 1209.06] And I think that makes a difference. |
[1209.28 --> 1212.38] I've just seen their reputation get stronger and stronger. |
[1213.14 --> 1215.56] You know, if they're ever looking to sponsor, hit us up. |
[1215.90 --> 1219.02] We basically just gave them a pretty good plug right there for free, huh? |
[1219.14 --> 1219.50] I know. |
[1219.92 --> 1221.30] They're good for a while, aren't they? |
[1221.34 --> 1223.64] One other thing I want to point out that I thought was pretty cool, |
[1223.76 --> 1226.56] and this is a very minor annoyance, but if you're a Proxmox user, |
[1226.78 --> 1228.22] you will appreciate it. |
[1228.70 --> 1231.76] You can now set your default VM ID range. |
[1231.76 --> 1234.18] So when you go and click the button that says Create VM, |
[1234.18 --> 1238.48] it normally assigns a three-digit number, like 100, 102, whatever, |
[1238.82 --> 1242.14] and it will just do it sequentially based on the next number that's available, |
[1242.38 --> 1243.88] a bit like a DHCP reservation. |
[1244.40 --> 1252.24] Now I can select Start that range and end that range of the auto kind of like VM ID DHCP requests, |
[1252.46 --> 1253.32] for want of a better idea. |
[1253.88 --> 1255.86] I can select a range to put those numbers in, |
[1256.02 --> 1260.64] and I can have my kind of normal VMs sit at the top where I see them all the time, |
[1260.64 --> 1264.30] and then my more ephemeral stuff sits at the bottom out of the way where I use it for testing. |
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[1287.10 --> 1289.12] And you can also use as part of a multi-cloud strategy. |
[1289.12 --> 1291.80] Like, I do this, I have some servers on my LAN, |
[1291.92 --> 1295.90] and I have the bulk of all of our audience-facing systems on Linode. |
[1296.28 --> 1298.10] And we also have some of our work systems on there, too. |
[1298.18 --> 1300.24] So I kind of pick and choose based on the workload, |
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