It's 2023 and it's been pretty much a decade since I've stopped understanding why people use VirtualBox on Linux.
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I use a virtualbox vm for work. Linux desktop runs a windows VM with Windows 10 and all my work stuff on it. I love it, its been very reliable. Its mostly simple though, it doesn't need to be super speedy, just needs to house my orgs mandatory vpn and av so I can connect to my work stuff.
Pretty sure something built into the kernel, used by all major cloud providers is gonna be more reliable than some dodgy DKMS driver...
Does it even support wayland yet?
I’ve been out of the loop about Linux and I’ll be switching back to it this weekend. What’s the best way to run VMs on Linux now (that supports Wayland)?
I assume all the "real Linux pros" are using qemu, which is a real pita if you want to do anything beyond creating a basic VM.
Well, I guess I'll eat my words. This is much better than the last time I messed around with it.
It's been around since 2009 ;)
GNOME Boxes is actually simpler than Virtualbox, in my opinion, with all the options you'll need. It even lets you install a variety of ISOs straight from the interface, without needing to go out to the web. Of course, if you're installing Windows, you need to supply your own ISO file.
Virt-Manager can be unintuitive but it's plenty capable.
@MrShelbySan @wildbus8979 You pretty much always want to be using KVM. QEmu, VMM, VirtualBox, Gnome Boxes, and some other apps all support it. The rest is just down to what app/tools you prefer.
Noted. I’ve heard of QEMU but I never tried to get it working before. I’ll use that from now on.
And USB hotplug?
Same as it always has been, KVM/Qemu/Libvirt...
Same as it always has been... KVM/Qemu/libvirt.
I recently ported my windoze 10 vm to kvm/virt-manager from virtualbox and don't intend to go back. I used to use virtualbox because it was easy to deal with, but that advantage has all but disappeared.
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