I’d like some recommendations as a beginner in the virtualization space for good GUI software for running vms for both experimentation and server use.

I’ve used virtualbox on Windows before but are there any better alternatives on Linux? I hear a lot of praise of QEMU but this seems to be only terminal based like what you do with containers.

VMware workstation is free but again, I’d like to know your thoughts on other good beginner options.

Thank you advance and have a good day/afternoon/night

  • LeFantome
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    3 months ago

    Not really a desktop option like VirtualBox though.

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      3 months ago

      That’s not true.

      Proxmox comes as a full distro and most people probably use it that way, but you can also install it on your normal linux and then use it in the same way as you would use VMware workstation or virtualbox etc.

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      3 months ago

      Its Debian so you can just install any desktop you want

      Also virtual box is pointless garbage especially if you’re using Linux