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minus-squareLeFantomelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoWhat happened to being able to use VirtualBox as a front-end to KVM? That seemed like the best of both worlds.
minus-squared3Xt3r@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s still being maintained. It’s a third-party project btw, but it’s just a patchset so you’ll need to build it yourself: https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm Arch users can also install the virtualbox-kvm package from AUR to get it all in one go, nice and easy.
minus-squarepenquin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoDamn, never knew such thing existed. I’ll definitely give it a try. Thank you.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoWhy would you do that when libvirt exists and is GTK themed?
minus-squarecalm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agohttps://f1ash.github.io/qt-virt-manager/
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoLibvirt is the backend for virtualization. Maybe you meant virtual manager? In that case it is Qt based.
What happened to being able to use VirtualBox as a front-end to KVM? That seemed like the best of both worlds.
It’s still being maintained. It’s a third-party project btw, but it’s just a patchset so you’ll need to build it yourself: https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm
Arch users can also install the virtualbox-kvm package from AUR to get it all in one go, nice and easy.
Damn, never knew such thing existed. I’ll definitely give it a try. Thank you.
Why would you do that when libvirt exists and is GTK themed?
I use KDE.
https://f1ash.github.io/qt-virt-manager/
Libvirt is the backend for virtualization. Maybe you meant virtual manager? In that case it is Qt based.