TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free?message-squaremessage-square444fedilinkarrow-up1551arrow-down112
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minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoGNOME Boxes, works much better than stuff like virtualbox and uses Qemu under the hood.
minus-squarebluemite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNever heard of it before, but used to use Virtualbox quite a bit. What makes this much better?
minus-squarelka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoVirtualbox is owned by Oracle. Oracle has a nasty habit of being a real shitty company.
minus-squarepimeys@lemmy.nauk.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoSuper easy to use and the guest distro just works. Minimal interface which looks nice, but misses some features such as network settings. Qemu is great though. Linux virtualization is the best in class. Basically the whole Internet runs on top of KVM. Boxes is just a UI on top of KVM.
GNOME Boxes, works much better than stuff like virtualbox and uses Qemu under the hood.
Never heard of it before, but used to use Virtualbox quite a bit. What makes this much better?
Virtualbox is owned by Oracle. Oracle has a nasty habit of being a real shitty company.
Super easy to use and the guest distro just works. Minimal interface which looks nice, but misses some features such as network settings.
Qemu is great though. Linux virtualization is the best in class. Basically the whole Internet runs on top of KVM. Boxes is just a UI on top of KVM.