The one factor that no one seems to have mentioned yet that is key for many of us is LEARNING …

It’s a great way to learn virtualization and containerization

I use it exclusively to run Linux containers, it makes it very convenient to backup and restore as well as replicate environments.

We are now migrating our lab at work away from VMW

That’s exactly what I have, and that’s exactly what I wanted … DARN … oh well. I guess it’s nice to have the document sync as well

correct, it also has the benefit of allowing my IP to change without impacting public or private access.

I do something similar I use Pangolin (Which is an EXCELLENT project) as a self hosted alternative to cloudflareD tunels. I host it on a public VPS and then thru it tunnel web traffic to my public resources, that way I don’t have to expose my IP or have a static. Then I also use netbird as an overlay network not only to access my servers remotely but also to “join” two sites via a VPN (Backup server at my mom’s)

Is it better than NC?

I would argue is less secure because there’s more potential for signals to be intercepted, and you are only in control of a portion of the network (the other half being in control of your service provider)

When you’re on you’re own Wi-Fi you’re usually much closer to your access point and in your home where you control the network (which has less range) and the space around it.

Either way the difference is minimal as both can be intercepted and attacked

Unfortunately my phone is firmware locked … so I have to take the time to root and debloat my daily driver … it’s exhausting

This is bad news … I also host my Pangolin ingress node on Ionos … Can you let me know what you pick?