Actually more like 2008. I've never tried the tools you mention. Probably should sometime. Maybe a meeting could be a couple of people showing how they do their vm's. My environment is simple. Works great though.
Eric C > On Oct 25, 2021, at 3:37 PM, Eric Chadbourne <eric.chadbou...@icloud.com> > wrote: > > 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
