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Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] advice for virtualization on desktop
From: Cameron Banta <cbanta@gmail.com>
To: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>, alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
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On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 00:55, Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> wrote:

> So I am asking for advice.
>
> I think I have the following alternatives:
>
> Switch to Xen.
>
> Use libvirtd.
>
> Make virtualbox work.
>
> I highly recommend virtualbox.

I've used it for some time, and I find it very easy to use and set up. I
run a window xp guest regularly, several alpine guests, and occasionally
ubuntu/debian/fedora boxes. It's easy to change MAC address, and set up
virtualbox only networks. I personally like the gui for it, but you can do
everything and more from the VBoxManage command line.

I've tried xen, qemu-kvm, and libvirt, and didn't get very far. None of
them were as easy to use as virtualbox, so I gave up and went back to it.

Virtual box needs some work to get compiled but might be nice to have
> anyways. Virtualbox also has (had?) some closedsource code for some
> features. Those will not be available on Alpine.
>
> I do have the closed source bits installed on my non-alpine host, however
I don't really use them. (USB passthrough, RDP video)


Just my thoughts on it.
Cameron

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<div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 00:55, Natanael Copa=
 <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ncopa@alpinelinux.org">ncopa@alpin=
elinux.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
So I am asking for advice.<br>
<br>
I think I have the following alternatives:<br>
<br>
Switch to Xen.<br>
<br>
Use libvirtd.<br>
<br>
Make virtualbox work.<br>
<br></blockquote>I highly recommend virtualbox.=A0<div><br></div><div>I&#39=
;ve used it for some time, and I find it very easy to use and set up. I run=
 a window xp guest regularly, several alpine guests, and occasionally ubunt=
u/debian/fedora boxes. It&#39;s easy to change MAC address, and set up virt=
ualbox only networks. I personally like the gui for it, but you can do ever=
ything and more from the VBoxManage command line.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve tried xen, qemu-kvm, and libvirt, and didn&#39=
;t get very far. None of them were as easy to use as virtualbox, so I gave =
up and went back to it.=A0</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x;">
Virtual box needs some work to get compiled but might be nice to have<br>
anyways. Virtualbox also has (had?) some closedsource code for some<br>
features. Those will not be available on Alpine.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I do have the closed source bits installed on my non-=
alpine host, however I don&#39;t really use them. (USB passthrough, RDP vid=
eo)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Just my thoughts on it.</div>
<div>Cameron=A0</div><div><br></div></div></div>

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