Re: VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian
On Wednesday, 17 July 2024 21:31:00 BST Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 1:35 PM jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > On 16/7/24 19:31, Tom Browder wrote:
> > > I haven't looked at VB in a long time, but I have a real need for a
> > > Windows host
> > > to port some Linux libraries to Windows in order to support the Raku
> > > language.
> > >
> > > I now have lots of memory and disk space which was always a significant
> > > issue when I used it before, and my use case is much different. Then I
> > > was trying to show Windows users how they could run Linux, now I want to
> > > help Windows folks to use a new programming language that was developed
> > > on *nix systems.
> > >
> > > Thus my question is: Has anyone use a recent version of VB to run
> > > Windows with satisfactory results? (Note I still have a legal copy of
> > > Win 10 on a CD as well as a portable DVD player with a USB connector.)
> > >
> > > Thank you my fellow Debian users!
> >
> > VirtualBox is not supported on Debian 12.
> >
> > There are alternatives that include:
> >
> > - KVM/QEMU
> >
> > - VMWare Workstation Pro (which is now free for private use)
> >
> > In my experience KVM/QEMU is fairly stable. The VMWare product not so
> > much.
> >
> > Given everything is virtual you can easily try all options in an hour or
> > two.
>
> Add a "mee too" for KVM/QEMU/libvirt. The components are managed by
> the kernel, so there are usually no technical problems, like unsigned
> modules. Virt Manager takes a little getting used to, but everything
> you need is there.
>
> The only downside to KVM/QEMU/libvirt is networking in some cases.
> Configuring a VM to use your local DHCP server is a pain because you
> have to setup and configure the bridging yourself. And the
> documentation to do it does not exist.
Out of interest, how is one supposed to do it now? I set mine up ages ago via
/etc/network/interfaces - eg..
auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports enp4s0
bridge_stp off
bridge_fd 0
bridge_maxwait 0
..but I have no idea how to do it now. Manpage says 'brctl' is obsolete and
points to 'bridge' which I've never used.
Reply to: