Using QEMU to Create a Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop VM on macOS

you recommend installing virtualbox tools at the end of the article for copy/paste, but i think you can get the same effect by installing the qemu-guest-agent

Re: Using QEMU to Create a Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop VM on macOS

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Post by arthurk » Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 7:59 AM UTC

cbluth wrote: post #4

@arthurk you recommend installing virtualbox tools at the end of the article for copy/paste, but i think you can get the same effect by installing the qemu-guest-agent

oh this is cool, didn't know about it, thanks!

Re: Using QEMU to Create a Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop VM on macOS

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Post by Normille » Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 12:52 PM UTC

arthurk wrote: post #3

Normille wrote: post #2

Which gives better performance; VirtualBox or QEMU?

QEMU is more responsive and performant

Thanks. Longtime user of VirtualBox which has the advantage of being easier to set up. Nor have I ever found VB's performance to be noticeably lacking, but it does seem plagued with bugs that never get fixed. And I've been exposed to QEMU through the Android Device Emulator in Android Studio. So I was wondering whether it's worth moving all my VB machines over to QEMU too.

I've always been put off by the fact QEMU needs configuring via commandline to set up. But if it was worth the effort, I'd make the jump.

Re: Using QEMU to Create a Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop VM on macOS

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Post by arthurk » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:09 AM UTC

Normille wrote: post #6

arthurk wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

QEMU is more responsive and performant

Thanks. Longtime user of VirtualBox which has the advantage of being easier to set up. Nor have I ever found VB's performance to be noticeably lacking, but it does seem plagued with bugs that never get fixed. And I've been exposed to QEMU through the Android Device Emulator in Android Studio. So I was wondering whether it's worth moving all my VB machines over to QEMU too. I've always been put off by the fact QEMU ne…

I'll run a few benchmarks soon to see how performance differs. I'm running this on an early-2013 macbook and notice a big difference in performance and responsiveness.

There's also https://virt-manager.org/ as a GUI for QEMU. Brew forumular here https://github.com/jeffreywildman/homebrew-virt-manager. But they don't mention HVF support, so I'm not sure it'll work