> PPS: If VMware isn't a good choice,
> would there be a better VM supervisor
> I could use? If so, can you point me
> to a set of instructions for it?
* these are MY personal opnions from
experience [ almost decade ago ]
[ may not be correct or relevant ]
* my laptop with amd processor [ low
end model ]
* installation of qemu was impossible
because virtualization [ svm ] is not
enabled in BIOS, only high end models
have it enabled [ blame on bios vendors
for poor implementation, eventhough
it is enabled by amd ] [ kernel 6.7
commit [ 1 ] fixed incorrect data ]
* so do you have amd or intel?
* how much ram [ is relevant due to
recent security incidents affecting
intel [ little bit more ], amd
* virtualbox [ 2 ], but it is available
in unstable? [ 3 ] why?
VirtualBox is not available in any Debian Repo. It requires a proprietary compiler to build the VirtualBox Bios. Also there are licensing issues. Oracle has a Debian stable build and repo for VirtualBox which I personally use which works well. I am planning on moving to KVM/QEMU personally. I like VirtualBox but I want a Free Software Open Source solution.
* it was working flawlessly
* even if you have intel, installation
of debian [ minimal installation ]
+ twm is more than enough ;)
[ 1 ]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231027170151.GOZTvs%2FwR%2F47ib4+qe@fat_crate.local/T/#u
[ 2 ] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation
[ 3 ] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/virtualbox
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