If you run Windows make sure to install the virtio drivers
What is the difference between Virtual Machine Manager and Proxmos?
Proxmox is an entire distro just for running virtual machines, with a web UI. Virt-manager is a program you install on a normal machine
Aah… Isn’t that what called a bare metal OS?
A bare metal OS is an OS running outside of a hypervisor. Virt-manager is a class 1 hypervisor that allows you to host guest operating systems. ( Run vms )
Hey sorry for the confusion. What I meant is Proxmos is considered as a bare metal hypervisor and Virt manager is a hypervisor inside an OS, right?
Technically no, both use kvm virtualization which is included in the Linux kernal, so both are “bare metal hypervisors” other wise know as class 1 hypervisors. Distinctions can be confusing 😂
(Posted in response to Virtual box and VMware)
What? Is there some new controversy going on ?
Oh, people recommend VirtualBox all the time and it’s awful.
Ah well, I’ve used Virtualbox, Vmware and KVM and I found them all useful for my purposes. Vmware is very slick and has an edge on easy Gfx acceleration for Windows guests but since they’re now owned by Broadcom that might become a problem.
I’m happy with Virtualbox on my desktop and KVM on a few servers. I don’t really care to take sides.
What’s awful about it? Genuinely asking
Performance compared to KVM is really poor. And it handles graphics poorly.
I’ve tried QEMU for this, I’ll try KVM one of these days