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Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by remram »

iam-TJ wrote: post #159
sph wrote: post #19

Finally! Every time I need to run a virtual machine, I choose libvirt because it's more performant and easy to deal with than Virtualbox (no kernel module, etc.), but the GUI choices are pretty terrible. The "best" libvirt GUI is virt-manager and it's very, very buggy and lacking features (i.e. doesn't play nice with HiDPI screens, no way of configuring IPv6, etc.) Many times I have caved and chosen VirtualBox simply…

Regarding IPv6, there is support. In fact I run IPv6 only networks including for the hypervisors. $ virsh net-dumpxml default6 default6 73590ea2-eb15-4e67-b104-319721bdf302 One can also use DHCPv6 if required.

In virt-manager?

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by deusum »

remram wrote: post #171
iam-TJ wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regarding IPv6, there is support. In fact I run IPv6 only networks including for the hypervisors. $ virsh net-dumpxml default6 default6 73590ea2-eb15-4e67-b104-319721bdf302 One can also use DHCPv6 if required.

In virt-manager?

Virt-Manager does allow you to edit the xml config file by hand from within the interface. So, yes you can use ipv6; but no, it's not a convenient point and click gui interaction.

I'd be curious to hear the specific reasoning behind it.

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by coppsilgold »

When it comes to linux-in-linux virtualization of GUIs you can do much better than virt-manager/vmware/virtualbox nowadays. With crosvm you can share Wayland through shared memory buffers and obtain opengl & vulkan acceleration for the guest while at it. This way guest applications appear through the host's Wayland compositor seamlessly.

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by password4321 »

nodesocket wrote: post #142

First time hearing about Cloud Hypervisor. What's the use for it? I recently built a Windows 11 Pro machine (mostly for gaming) but would like to run a few VMs on it. What's the recommended VM platform these days? Still Hyper-V? I'm a macOS and Linux guy, but begrudgingly using Windows because of games.

Hyper-V is a good option for VM servers but AFAIK it doesn't do user-friendly stuff like USB or graphics card pass-thru.

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by politelemon »

markfeathers wrote: post #143

Anyone using VitualBox please be careful about the extension pack. Oracle is very litigous. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/147k6az/oracle_is... https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/d1ttzp/oracle_is_... https://www.theregister.com/2019/10/04/oracle_virtualbox_mer... We banned virtualbox in our organization since vmware workstation (or virt-manager) is way cheaper than dealing with oracle.

Exactly what I came to comment. Same thing here, they seemed to hyperfixate on the extension pack which most VBox users would need. We had to get everyone off that as soon as possible.

Of course this isn't limited to VBox, but their database as well. Just avoid.

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by nineteen999 »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #161
orthecreedence wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't like being plastered with ads and news articles about Trump every time you open your start menu??

I use Win10 and I don't get ads in my Start menu. Is it maybe because I'm using Win10 Pro, not Home?

Nope, I started with Home and upgraded to Pro later and I've never had ads in the Start Menu or anywhere else. My machine came preinstalled though and whoever installed Windows obviously had a clue and turned all that crap off before they shipped it to me.

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by IntelMiner »

westurner wrote: post #167
eek2121 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Virtual box has graphical configuration for a ton of different options. It also “just works” in many cases and is relatively easy to use. I am surprised the open source community has not built better gui tools, and no project, closed or open has made configuring pcie passthrough easy. I have always wanted to be able to run Windows in a virtualized session with my GPU for gaming, and use my onboard APU for the Linux h…

> no project, closed or open has made configuring pcie passthrough easy "GPU passthrough with libvirt qemu kvm" https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GPU_passthrough_with_libvirt_qe... "PCI passthrough via OVMF" https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF : > The Open Virtual Machine Firmware (OVMF) is a project to enable UEFI support for virtual machines. Starting with Linux 3.9 and recent versions of QEMU, it…

I don't think that linking two different Wiki's (for different Linux distros) and two different github posts is "easy" compared to VirtualBox's very "fisher price" Next-Next-Next-Done GUI

Not saying I prefer one or the other, but it's worth bearing in mind where "the bar" is

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by tech234a »

politelemon wrote: post #175
markfeathers wrote: post #143

Anyone using VitualBox please be careful about the extension pack. Oracle is very litigous. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/147k6az/oracle_is... https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/d1ttzp/oracle_is_... https://www.theregister.com/2019/10/04/oracle_virtualbox_mer... We banned virtualbox in our organization since vmware workstation (or virt-manager) is way cheaper than dealing with oracle.

Exactly what I came to comment. Same thing here, they seemed to hyperfixate on the extension pack which most VBox users would need. We had to get everyone off that as soon as possible. Of course this isn't limited to VBox, but their database as well. Just avoid.

Just noting that USB 2.0/3.0 support no longer requires the extension pack, and the list of features [1] that require the extension pack has been gradually decreasing. It may not be as necessary as it once was.

[1]: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#intro-installing

Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by [deleted] »

markfeathers wrote: post #143

Anyone using VitualBox please be careful about the extension pack. Oracle is very litigous. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/147k6az/oracle_is... https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/d1ttzp/oracle_is_... https://www.theregister.com/2019/10/04/oracle_virtualbox_mer... We banned virtualbox in our organization since vmware workstation (or virt-manager) is way cheaper than dealing with oracle.

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Re: VirtualBox KVM Public Release

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Post by dheera »

markfeathers wrote: post #143

Anyone using VitualBox please be careful about the extension pack. Oracle is very litigous. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/147k6az/oracle_is... https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/d1ttzp/oracle_is_... https://www.theregister.com/2019/10/04/oracle_virtualbox_mer... We banned virtualbox in our organization since vmware workstation (or virt-manager) is way cheaper than dealing with oracle.

What if you just ignored Oracle? Do they even have teeth? If they made a download free it should be free.

You can't hand someone a banana on the street and then come back 3 months later demanding $1000 for it.

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