Hi all :)

I manage a handful of websites and their emails using the PortableApps suite on Windows, so have a separate browser and mail client for each one. This has worked well for years, but now I’m switching to Linux, Mint specifically. I’ve read that I can set up profiles on Firefox and probably Thunderbird, or maybe run separate instances with things like AppImages, but it sounds like it’s a messy solution, and could end up with me using the wrong profile by mistake

What I want to do is set up a virtual machine for each site, and have a completely separate instance of the programs, and hopefully a way to easily transfer the machines to other systems if needs be.

I’d prefer to use a Debian / Ubuntu based distro with Apt and the ‘Windows’ style desktop, as that’s what I’m already used to, but am I better off installing Mint and stripping it down, or is there something more suited to this?

Thanks in advance :)

  • eveninghere@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    Have you looked onto Pop OS? It combines VMs and you can delegate specific apps to a specific VM.

    I tend to use Debian for VM clients because essentially all blogs assume apt-get and I hate Ubuntu.

    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I have, but I don’t like the WM. I’ll have another look at it though and see what it’s like with VMs :)

      I tend to use Debian for VM clients because essentially all blogs assume apt-get and I hate Ubuntu.

      This is why I usually use Mint :D