True Debian doesn't "provide" VirtualBox but it's trivial to install. Been working great for me since at least 2005.
Eric C > On Oct 25, 2021, at 3:19 PM, Edward <e...@sillydog.org> wrote: > > Debian does not provide VirtualBox. They only offer virt-manager and Gnome > Boxes. > > The system basically wants to install most (if not all) of the same > dependencies for Gnome Boxes, that it did for virt-manager. When I was using > Fedora, Jerry told me about Gnome Boxes and I found it very easy to use. But > given my experience with virt-manager, I would expect the same issues if I > tried Gnome Boxes. > > I went with PCLOS' Community LXQt image because I'm used to that desktop and > it's lightweight, wasn't expecting any issues running/installing it in a VM. > > > >> On 10/25/21 14:55, Eric Chadbourne wrote: >> As an alternative I use Virtualbox at home. Works great. Zero complaints. >> I use Vagrant on occasion to control programmatically. >> >> I started with Virtualbox years ago as it supported older CPUs. I think >> somebody on this list turned me on to it. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Eric C >> >> Chadbourne.Consulting >> >>>> On Oct 25, 2021, at 2:44 PM, Edward <e...@sillydog.org> wrote: >>> >>> After realizing that I forgot to add the relevant USB hardware to the VM, >>> I deleted it, as they could be not added after the fact. >>> >>> Upon attempting to recreate it with the USB hardware added in, all attempts >>> were unsuccessful. virt-manager wants the name of the distro during the >>> creation of the VM. Since the name of the distro (PCLinuxOS) was not in the >>> database, I tried all four of the 'Generic' entries, the latest Mandriva >>> (EOL) entry (2011) since the distro was originally based on Mandriva), >>> Clear Linux, Arch Linux and finally Ubuntu. >>> >>> None of these would boot the image into a usable live desktop to which the >>> OS could then be installed. The image either crashed within the VM, it >>> froze on the screen to select the keyboard, or IF the desktop appeared, >>> once a second Network Manager applet icon appeared, the video server >>> crashes and reboots the desktop, repeatedly. The only way to exit was to >>> use virt-manager's Force Off option. >>> >>> So I have reached the conclusion, that, in a home environment, a VM serves >>> no useful purpose and is quite frankly, a waste of time, IMHO. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
