On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 4:16 AM జిందం వాఐి <jindam.v...@disroot.org> wrote:
> > 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 > > -- > regards, > జిందం వాఐి [ jindam, vani ] > [matrix]_ @jindam.vani:oikei.net > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
