Alternatives to VirtualBox?

[hubertmanne@moist.catsweat.com]

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.

[data1701d@startrek.website]

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.

[purplemeowanon@lemmy.ml]

Surprised no one is saying Xen

[foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml]

Definitely if you're on Linux, use Qemu (and the best is to install a GUI to use it after)

[elucubra@sopuli.xyz]

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

[some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org]

Thanks for the tip!

[crabandbroom@lemmy.ml]

I use Quickemu for mine, makes it really quick and easy to get a new system up and running.

[foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml]

Using virt-manager, never tried quickemu

[john89@lemmy.ca]

Really wish we could get in the habit of recommending GUIs first, not last.

[vga@sopuli.xyz]

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%.

[foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml]

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

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

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.

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

I've looked at it. It comes up a lot. Thank you.

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

Good tip. Thanks.

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

Not for the faint of heart, but I'll keep it in mind.

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

That's my struggle with this solution as well.

Still, a solid choice.

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

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.

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

This has been mentioned a few times here. Didn't know that. Thank you.

[foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml]

Did you use virt-manager with it?

[mvirts@lemmy.world]

Virt-manager with qemu-system, although if you use the kvm driver for both performance should be about the same I think.

Don't forget virtualbox has a lot of configuration options that may improve performance, Ive never had a problem with it but also never need high performance from a VM.