Is there a "best" VM for my use-case?

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So, I used Gnome Boxes on my old Intel-based Kamrui MiniPC. No issues to speak of.

Since I got my previously-owned custom-built PC, I’ve not tinkered with a VM. Much better specs and a Nvidia GPU. So, I’m not really sure what direction to take. And to be honest, I’d prefer not to test them all.

So if anyone has a similar PC setup to mine, or has advice of which VM may best work for me… ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Basic pecs:

  • MB: MSi Z370 GAMING M5
  • PSU: Corsair CX750M (750 Watt)
  • CPU: Intel i7-8700k @ 3.7GHz
  • GPU: ZOTAC Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
  • Ram: Corsair Vengence LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz

Detailed Specs: inxi -Fxxc0z | eos-sendlog

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I have no idea if your nvidia GPU makes any difference, but I can tell you that I’ve use virtualbox for many years (on various hardware) with no significant problems.

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If you plan to import or share VMs virtualbox. However, if performance is your concern I think that this will probably give you slightly better performance: [Tutorial] How to install Virt-Manager Correctly on EOS/Arch base systems

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Just because it triggers my inner monk: You are searching for a hypervisor, not a VM. The VM is what runs inside the Hypervisor.

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I use Qemu/KVM for my VMs. I have used it on both an Intel based system with a integrated graphics and my current main PC which is AMD CPU with NVIDIA GPU and it worked great on both systems. I do not do anything like GPU pass through, mainly use the VM to test Distro’s for learning purposes.

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You didn’t say what your use-case is. :thinking:

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Just the combination of my hardware, GPU, and typical distro-hopping/testing.

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Virtualbox would be my suggestion. That’s what I use. Hassle-free OTB.

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For now, I’ve opted for QEMU/KVM…

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VirtualBox makes bridged networking really easy where as with Virt-Manager you have to know how to do it yourself. If you need to access the VM from the network this might matter to you.

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my inner Monk gets trigger alerted, too, sometimes :slight_smile:

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This question is driving me crazy for the last weeks…
For decades (?) I’m using virtualbox in several distros to keep old Win-stuff coupled with some HW working in Win only.
Sometimes I tested some Linux there, but I found, it is not the same as bare metal.
With my new EOS installed, I tried QEMU/KVM, but I could not get it to install some Windows, it stopped on some errors in the included (QEMU-) bios (it’s from memory, can’t reproduce now).
But here I see, some people are successfully running some Win in QEMU, that gives me hope again.
I’ve seen the link to the tutorial above, will study that.
If someone has further tips or links, I’m very interested. (the Arch- & QEMU-pages I know)

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Pretty much anything that isn’t virtualbox will work fine.

VirtualBox used to be great but has stagnated under Oracle’s ownership.It still works but it is the worst option in my opinion.

Gnome boxes and virt-manager are just two different front ends for libvirt. You can even manage virtual machines from gnome boxes using virt-manager. The big difference is that virt-manager exposes a lot more of the underlying functionality and as a result is more complicated. So…you are more or less using the same thing you were using before.

Try gnome boxes. It makes the whole experience simpler.

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Definitely. Pretty straight forward, simply works.

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Thank you so much! Will take that & the tutorial for my next exercises…
Expect, it will need some time :wink:

  • that’s the reason, I wish to change…
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gnome boxes probably won’t really require a tutorial. It is unbelievably simple. It is a basic wizard to create the vm.

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Never mind. Changed my mind. Decided to stick with QEMU/KVM/Virt-Manager.

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I’ve had the best luck with Virt Manager. I tried Virtualbox and had all kinds of issues. Virt Manager works perfectly.

I followed these instructions to get it up and running in less than two minutes…

https://discovery.endeavouros.com/applications/how-to-install-virt-manager-complete-edition/2021/09/

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I’m running virt-manager and got a W11 installed. You will need the virtio-iso aswell as the normal Win11 iso. It contains the drivers for Windows VMs running on KVM. You can get it from here ;

fedorapeople.org

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Do you happen to know if its possible to bridge wlan0 to a VM? I could only seem to get eth to work properly. All guides i found was for bridging eth aswell.