𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free?message-squaremessage-square433linkfedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down113
arrow-up1540arrow-down1message-squareWhat app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free?𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square433linkfedilink
minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoGNOME Boxes, works much better than stuff like virtualbox and uses Qemu under the hood.
minus-squarebluemite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNever heard of it before, but used to use Virtualbox quite a bit. What makes this much better?
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoVirtualbox is owned by Oracle. Oracle has a nasty habit of being a real shitty company.
minus-squarepimeys@lemmy.nauk.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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.