[ale] Hypervisors and such

[Kyle Brieden]

Hey all,

I'm looking to redo my hypervisor at home, and having some trouble 
landing on a decision, so I'd like some input from y'all.  Something 
just tells me there's gotta be some strong opinions on this floating 
around this list.

Background:
Current HVZ is Xen 4.4.2, with Dom0 being Ubuntu 14.04 because, at the 
time back in 2015, that was the LTS that had the most up to date Xen 
packages.  I do most everything via CLI, from creating config files to 
setting up LVM volumes for backing each machine.  VM system storage is 
local to the hypervisor, and larger storage is NFS exported to VMs from 
my FreeNAS box.

Wants:
I am kind of tired of doing everything via CLI.  I'm getting lazier 
these days, so I want something that has a usable, understandable GUI.  
I was considering ProxMox for it's additional container management, but 
they're LXC containers.  I've nothing against LXC containers, but I use 
docker daily, and it doesn't behoove me to learn a second technology 
just for at home, especially when Docker has the momentum and community 
that it has.

I also want something that I can keep up to date without having to do a 
fresh install with a new major version.  Insert jokes about Arch Linux 
rolling release model here.

Thanks for the opinions, everyone!

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Very respectfully,
Kyle Brieden
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