[fooblat]

I love UTM.

It works great for my needs. I mostly develop infrastructure automation and configuration tooling and I run all my VMs in terminal mode. The wide availability of arm64 distros and OSes makes this easy.

I also use it to run a tiny pi hole instance when I'm traveling.

[rpastuszak]

> I also use it to run a tiny pi hole instance when I'm traveling.

That's such a good idea. I used to run one using a raspberry pi, which got lost during the house move, so would love to do that.

Is is better than running it via Docker, e.g. from the resource usage pov? Do you have any good resources/tutorial to share?

PS. In pre-Apple Silicon times I used it to play with old versions of Windows, but now DosBox seems like a better choice for Win 3.11 or 95.

[TimTheTinker]

May I recommend a Dell Wyse thin client from eBay as a replacement for the rPi? They can be had for around $30, and they come with an 8GB onboard eMMC storage as well.

[cosmojg]

What's the advantage of spinning up an entire VM to run a local Pi Hole instance instead of just setting up a firewall or using a browser blocker like uBlock Origin? I was under the impression that spinning up a Pi Hole instance is really only necesary if you own devices which don't allow for such things, like smart TVs and other internet-connected appliances.

[fooblat]

This is not a case of one or the other. I do all of the above and more.