Alternatives to VirtualBox?
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 29 days ago last edited by
Vagrant by Hashicorp.
Edit: if the news of IBM acquiring them goes through, I will cry. And we live in the worst timeline, so it'll happen.
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milliams@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 29 days ago last edited by
While it wasn't a requirement, be aware that Vagrant (along with all Hashicorp products) are no longer free software and are instead under the Business Software Licence.
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hubertmanne@moist.catsweat.comreplied to Guest 29 days ago last edited by
works decently enough for me is https://virt-manager.org/ to deal with libvirt. its not quite as nice in some ways but way less resource intensive.
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data1701d@startrek.websitereplied to Guest 29 days ago last edited by
I agree. The only feature where I'd say it's weaker feature-wise is it doesn't have any form of virtual GPU acceleration - either you deal with software rendering or have to pass through a graphics card (I've done it, but it's not easy.).
Otherwise, I'd say it tends to run better than VirtualBox, though it's been years since I last used Vbox anyhow. A plus is Virt Manager comes in most distro repos, whereas VirtualBox doesn't. Also, it allows you to directly edit the XML, so you can do some cool stuff that would be really annoying (not impossible) to do in VirtualBox.
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purplemeowanon@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 28 days ago last edited by
Surprised no one is saying Xen
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foremanguy92_@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 28 days ago last edited by
Definitely if you're on Linux, use Qemu (and the best is to install a GUI to use it after)
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elucubra@sopuli.xyzreplied to Guest 28 days ago last edited by
You can specify the virtualization engine in VirtualBox, including KVM.
A couple of easy virtualization tools that allow you to create VMs in a few clicks are Gnome Boxes and QuickEmu, which leverages Qemu and KVM
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Thanks for the tip!
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crabandbroom@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I use Quickemu for mine, makes it really quick and easy to get a new system up and running.
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foremanguy92_@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Using virt-manager, never tried quickemu
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john89@lemmy.careplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Really wish we could get in the habit of recommending GUIs first, not last.
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vga@sopuli.xyzreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Might be that you really don't need VMs but just lightweight namespace containers. If so, you can use docker/podman, systemd-nspawn or various other tools. The overhead compared to bare metal will be less than 1%.
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foremanguy92_@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Without any kind of software behind GUI this is almost useless and I think that CLI (or even TUI) are today so underrated that we should give more and more power to them instead of GUI
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original_reader@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Really wish we wouldn't have to separate the two. This adds a complication layer for editing Windows users.
Ideally: install app (insert name). Run and enjoy.
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original_reader@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I've looked at it. It comes up a lot. Thank you.
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original_reader@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Good tip. Thanks.
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original_reader@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Not for the faint of heart, but I'll keep it in mind.
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original_reader@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
That's my struggle with this solution as well.
Still, a solid choice.
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original_reader@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
This "Beginners Guide" they have there is a serious turnoff. They might want to consider a more lightweight and friendly intro to their software.
Still, if I find the time to go through this massive wall of text, I will.
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original_reader@lemm.eereplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
This has been mentioned a few times here. Didn't know that. Thank you.
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