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Best GUI VM software (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by Tekkip20@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'd like some recommendations as a beginner in the virtualization space for good GUI software for running vms for both experimentation and server use.

I've used virtualbox on Windows before but are there any better alternatives on Linux? I hear a lot of praise of QEMU but this seems to be only terminal based like what you do with containers.

VMware workstation is free but again, I'd like to know your thoughts on other good beginner options.

Thank you advance and have a good day/afternoon/night

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

VMware Player is the best by far in terms of GUI and ease of use. With that said:

It breaks once in a while due to kernel module / kernel mismatches that sometimes require manual patching. This is rare but it happens once every couple of years
It may become paid given Broadcom's corporate history

Virt-manager is pretty decent and it will not break on a stable distro but:

Some of it workflows are far from intuitive
Virtualization via virt-manager (really KVM) doesn't currently have any 3D acceleration for Windows VMs
Windows driver/guest tools installation and integration isn't nearly as trivial as it is with VMware

Personally, I'd try using virt-manager because it will work "forever." If you can't get something to work and feel overwhelmed, go to VMware for now but long term you'll likely have to get used to virt-manager.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 months ago

Stop suggesting people use vmware

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