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minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoWhat happened to being able to use VirtualBox as a front-end to KVM? That seemed like the best of both worlds.
minus-squared3Xt3r@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s still being maintained. It’s a third-party project btw, but it’s just a patchset so you’ll need to build it yourself: https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm Arch users can also install the virtualbox-kvm package from AUR to get it all in one go, nice and easy.
minus-squarepenquin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoDamn, never knew such thing existed. I’ll definitely give it a try. Thank you.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoWhy would you do that when libvirt exists and is GTK themed?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoLibvirt is the backend for virtualization. Maybe you meant virtual manager? In that case it is Qt based.
What happened to being able to use VirtualBox as a front-end to KVM? That seemed like the best of both worlds.
It’s still being maintained. It’s a third-party project btw, but it’s just a patchset so you’ll need to build it yourself: https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm
Arch users can also install the virtualbox-kvm package from AUR to get it all in one go, nice and easy.
Damn, never knew such thing existed. I’ll definitely give it a try. Thank you.
Why would you do that when libvirt exists and is GTK themed?
Libvirt is the backend for virtualization. Maybe you meant virtual manager? In that case it is Qt based.