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quickemu
- Proxmox VE: Import Wizard for Migrating VMware ESXi VMs
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How to run macOS on Linux (without too much hassle) [video]
Tl;Dr use quickemu: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
There's also quickgui to help with launching VMs: https://github.com/quickgui/quickgui
(I've been using it for annual chores on windows)
- Quickemu: Quickly run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
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Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
Multipass is pretty clutch for trivial VMs on MacOs for sure. I use it for a bunch of ssh jump boxes running vpns to different sites. The macOS build does not support custom images (lest not without [some truly insane hacks](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1260#issuecomm...) , which doesn’t really matter for what I use it for but it is kind of a bummer. If you need something with a little more grunt but don’t want to go full blown with writing your own QEMU tooling or fussing with something like UTM or Parallels, [quickemu](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu) is a really nice qemu wrapper with sane defaults that can expose a whole lot of power if you need it.
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Possible downsides or issues with this solution?
Also: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/88
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Thinking of purchasing a 4080 laptop and replacing W11 with KDE plasma
Overall, don't be afraid to switch distro (use Ventoy, load a few ISOs just in case), try to make sure you have an easy way of backing up your stuff (be it with a separate /home partition, or like I do with storing everything important in a separate drive and then using symlink to make it 'appear' in their 'default' places), and you can always use VM in a pinch (consult this guide or use quickemu or gnome-boxes)
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Wanting to ditch windows 10 in favor of linux
In case some things you do absolutely needs Windows, keep this guide for setting up VM in mind, or use quickemu's GUI.
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DistroSea- Test drive Linux distros online
VM will be shutdown automatically when it's inactive for a while. I will eventually add more distros going forward. Most distro isos are downloaded using the quickget script from the wonderful quickemu project. You may directly contribute to the upstream project to get the distro added to DistroSea.
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Is it possible to run a Windows 11 Virtual Machine on Linux?
If you want to do this super easily, check out the QuickEmu project with the QuickGUI: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
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Virter: a "Docker for VMs"
Looks great! Does anyone know how Virter compare with quickemu?
lol
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Flatpak and Snap GUI
Flatpak is only "dabatedly" better because it's well documented how to set up your own repo (which basically no one does) and it's fully open sourced stack. Where as snaps are open source, but snapcraft the central repo for them is proprietary. However you can use a different repo if you really want to as Rudra from Ubuntu Unity shows here.
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Snaps can be SELF HOSTED outside of Snap Store / Snapcraft.io - why is it kept said that they cannot?
Here's an example https://gitlab.com/lol-snap/lol which is Ubuntu Unity's main dev Rudra Saraswat's snap repository.
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Does anyone here use the snap versions of VS-Code, Krita, and Inkscape? Are there any issues with these snaps that I should know about?
What do you mean? Snaps CAN BE SELF HOSTED. Or what am i missing here, and why this thing is kept said? Look for example Ubuntu Unity's dev Rudra Saraswat's snap repository: https://gitlab.com/lol-snap/lol
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Why Home Partition Not getting any mention?
Afaik A person i know develops open one, see https://gitlab.com/lol-snap/lol
- Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines
What are some alternatives?
macOS-Simple-KVM - Tools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.
TimeShift - System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.
homebrew-qemu-virgl - A homebrew tap for qemu with support for 3d accelerated guests
OSX-KVM - Run macOS on QEMU/KVM. With OpenCore + Monterey + Ventura + Sonoma support now! Only commercial (paid) support is available now to avoid spammy issues. No Mac system is required.
distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox
Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
virt-manager - Desktop tool for managing virtual machines via libvirt
kvm-guest-drivers-windows - Windows paravirtualized drivers for QEMU\KVM
macOS-KVM - Streamlined macOS QEMU KVM Hackintosh configuration using OpenCore and libvirt
tmoe - TMOE, More Optional Environments.
reactos - A free Windows-compatible Operating System
virtualbox-org-svn-vbox-trunk - *UNOFFICIAL* mirror of the repository at http://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk (the first 30569 commits are courtesy of https://gitorious.org/virtualbox/mainlinemirror); Please **DO NOT** open pull requests against this repo