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Alternatives to VirtualBox? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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VirtualBox is ridiculously simple to set up and get virtual machines going. Shared folders, shared clipboard and much more are no issue.

But.

It eats resources. The installed virtual machines (VM) run relatively slow. What have you found to be feature comparable - and most importantly more resource-efficient - alternatives for running VMs under Linux?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Definitely if you're on Linux, use Qemu (and the best is to install a GUI to use it after)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've looked at it. It comes up a lot. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Did you use virt-manager with it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use Quickemu for mine, makes it really quick and easy to get a new system up and running.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Using virt-manager, never tried quickemu

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Really wish we could get in the habit of recommending GUIs first, not last.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Really wish we wouldn't have to separate the two. This adds a complication layer for exiting Windows users.

Ideally: install app (insert name). Run and enjoy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Without any kind of software behind GUI this is almost useless and I think that CLI (or even TUI) are today so underrated that we should give more and more power to them instead of GUI