Re: Virtual Box
On 02/08/2019 18:39, Étienne Mollier wrote:
> phb, on 2019-08-02:
>> Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to
>> install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed
>> because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the
>> Buster repositories.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Good day Peter,
>
> If you can afford a change of virtualization technology, then
> you could try one of the free and open source alternatives made
> available in Debian 10 perhaps. Notably, one can mention Qemu,
> Xen, and KVM.
>
> Since you are coming from the VirtualBox world, I would suggest
> to check out the package "virt-manager" which provides a GUI
> allowing to drive your KVM virtual machines. You may find more
> details about this program on its homepage:
>
> https://virt-manager.org/
>
> But the best way to get an idea of how things work in there, is
> to try it by yourself. In the early days of virt-manager in
> Debian, there were several subtleties to be aware of once you
> wanted an advanced setup, but I believe things went better in
> later Debian revisions.
A kind thought, but not this year. :-)
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