Is there a friendly alternative to VMWare/Virtualbox? I would move back to Virtualbox, but it’s now owned by oracle

  • Alex@lemmy.ml
    18·
    1 year ago

    Libvirt/qemu with either virt-manager or cockpit to control them. Alternatively there are various wrapper projects for qemu that hide the complex command line from you.

    • hddsx@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Learn the command line. Embrace the command line.

      And thank you I’ll check them out when I finally switch back

      • Alex@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Oh I don’t mind it too much but I have a rich shell history 😀

        Certainly when using the newer options things are more consistent easy to follow. However it’s reputation for complexity isn’t underserved because Qemu is very flexible in what it can do.

  • Matt@lemdro.idEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    If you are using Linux, it does not get any simpler than Gnome Boxes. If you need more options, virt-manager is still fairly easy to use.

    • hddsx@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I…. dislike gnome. I’m not using Linux now, but I’m moving back if I’m forced to change to Windows 11.

      Is there a KDE equivalent?

      • Matt@lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        No, KDE does not have their own virtualization gui. Boxes can still be used on KDE as well though. If you really want nothing to do with Gnome, then virt-manager will be your best option.

  • linkbattosai@lemmy.oneEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’m not sure which os you use but i’ve been using qemu. It’s a little bit more advanced than vmware or virtualbox but is very powerful when it comes to virtual machines. Depending on the specs on your host you can also emulate other processor architectures with it as well.

    • hddsx@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      On a scale of Ubuntu install to LFS, how would you rate qemu’s difficulty to install?

      • linkbattosai@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m on Arch so it was actually in the repositories so it was easy to install. Qemu is command line only but you can download several front ends for it. I personally use virt-manager which was also in the Arch repositories. So depending on which distribution you use, it might be pretty easy to get it going on your end.

    • hddsx@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Looks a bit overkill, as I just use workstation pro. Do you have any familiarity with it to see if it’s easy to run a single VM?

      • PenguinCoder@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Well it is a hypervisor like ESXI, so same concept. Running one vm would be simple, but yes; overkill. It is not the same level of virtualzation that Virtualbox is. For that, you could look into using Virt-manager if using a Linux based host.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
    10·
    1 year ago

    Feels like we need a sticky for this, as it’s an on-going discussion, with a lot of details/quirks.

    I’m currently testing TrueNAS Core, as they have a vast commercial side including NAS hardware - I think they’ll be around for a while, and they have the resources for continued development.

    With friends in the SMB IT space, we’re trying to figure out a migration path for their clients.

    Some other options (off the top of my head)

    KVM which is Linux native

    Proxmox

    Incus