Snakeoil OS: The Blog

After using ESXi for almost a decade, and around 3 for Snakeoil development, I decided it’s time to move on to other hypervisors with my new Ryzen server. I want dedicated hypervisors running on bare metal, so the two leading contenders are XCP-ng… more »

So I purchased a new AMD Ryzen 5 3600 system a month back. This is the 3rd generation CPU from AMD based on the Zen architecture. The following components form the foundation of the next development machine, replacing the old Xeon from circa 2017. This… more »