On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 03:43:54PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Well, last time I looked (at least six or seven years ago) it was a weird > maze of fiddling to get QEMU/KVM set up. Is it easier now? > > On 8/26/23 14:53, Mario Marietto wrote: > > For sure you can't miss qemu + kvm,they are the most powerful tools for > > virtualization. With qemu and kvm you can pass through to the guest OS > > even your gpu. With virtualbox or vmware you can't. > > > > On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 8:40 PM James Bloom <jabloo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Carl: > > > > I use VirtualBox on Debian 12, and I run virtual Windows 11 and > > Linux machines with no issue. I also tried GNOME boxes and had no > > direct problems, but I went back to using VirtualBox because it > > was compatible with my cloud storage setup - I can save a > > VirtualBox virtual machine file in the cloud server and access it > > from my desktop and laptop without issue, whereas GNOME boxes > > wouldn’t work if I did that - there were always boot errors. But > > GNOME boxes otherwise seemed to work great. > > > > James > > > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Carl Fink <ca...@panix.com> > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 26, 2023 9:29:30 AM > > *To:* debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > *Subject:* Virtualization under Bookworm > > Hi, > > > > I have a project that I'd like to work on in a virtual machine > > hosted on > > my Bookworm system. In the old days (5-10 years ago) I used > > VirtualBox, > > just from inertia. I haven't really virtualized since then. > > > > What's the current recommendation for someone who just wants to > > create a > > one-off VM to run Debian under Debian? As this is not my job or even > > main hobby, ideally it should have setup at least as easy as > > VirtualBox > > was back in the day. > > > > System is an ASUS ExpertCenter PN52 (Ryzen 7 6800, 32 GB of RAM, 2 > > terabyte SSD). > > > > Thank you. > > > > -Carl Fink > >
Apt-install virt-manager - nice graphical virtual machine manager - and it should pull in qemu and kvm All the very best, as ever Andy Cater > > > > > > -- > > Mario.
