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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What vm software you use on linux (thelemmy.club)

submitted 11 months ago by Mwa@thelemmy.club to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I use vmware and qemu

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

xcp-ng. except now everything is just containers on atomic fedora because it seems to fit my laziness better and doesn't require updating multiple vm os's

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I tried using virt-manager+kvm to try some stuff out the other day but I failed to set-up some crucial things. Probably me being incompetent.

Not like virtualization is a big part of my life anyway. I just wanted to try some other distros and such without rebooting.

If I were to get serious about virtualization I'd need to build a new PC with a second GPU. Then I could stop dual-booting and do everything with VMs. But it'd only be worth it to get serious about learning how to virtualize stuff if I were to do that.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 11 months ago

You can single pass through but it feels more like your using one os but if that's the case wouldn't dual booting be better

[–] freedomsailor@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Gnome Boxes 🥲 Because im avoiding to install anything to the kernel.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

You should never install anything to the kernel if possible tbh.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

You also could try virtual manager

It is all KVM so it is natively supported

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[–] cizra@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm using systemd-nspawn or Bubblewrap, depending on the scenario.

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[–] nzmaa@lemy.lol 1 points 11 months ago

VMware, Virtualbox for OSes that hate VMware, and Qemu for emulating OSes that only run on obscure platforms.

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