Re: Which Virtual Manager?

2023-10-28 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 28 Oct 2023 06:33 -0400, from wande...@fastmail.fm (The Wanderer): > virt-manager Do keep in mind that virt-manager is just _one_ possible front-end for KVM (although perhaps the most common GUI one). AQEMU has already been mentioned in this thread. Technically virsh and friends is another

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-28 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-10-28 at 00:25, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 28/10/2023 02:02, The Wanderer wrote: > >> for the case of hierarchical snapshots > > qemu-img(1) allows to create snapshots of disk images that are stored > in the same file. In addition the "create" command has the "-b > BACKING_FILE" option

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Max Nikulin
On 28/10/2023 02:02, The Wanderer wrote: for the case of hierarchical snapshots qemu-img(1) allows to create snapshots of disk images that are stored in the same file. In addition the "create" command has the "-b BACKING_FILE" option If the option BACKING_FILE is specified, then the

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:46:52 + Minecraftchest1 wrote: > With Virt-Manager, you should have the option to choose an existing > disk image. It can also create a disk image for you. On which you will have to make partitions and file systems. -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-10-27 at 10:46, Minecraftchest1 wrote: > With Virt-Manager, you should have the option to choose an existing > disk image. That only helps if you've already created a disk image, which will not be the case when creating a new VM from scratch. Having to resort to the command line (or to

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Minecraftchest1
With Virt-Manager, you should have the option to choose an existing disk image. In that dialog, you can create an image in any of the pools (you can also add pools in that dialog), and that will let you change the file name and disk size. I am not ay my laptop currently, but I can take and

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 05:17:46AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2023-10-26 at 15:28, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > Apt-get install virt-manager will pull in all the associated > > qemu/KVM packages you might need. It should be at least as > > straightforward to use as Virtualbox. > > I've

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-10-26 at 15:28, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Apt-get install virt-manager will pull in all the associated > qemu/KVM packages you might need. It should be at least as > straightforward to use as Virtualbox. I've seen people state or suggest multiple times that virt-manager should be, as

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 03:18:34PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 1:24 PM Hans wrote: > > > > Am Donnerstag, 26. Oktober 2023, 19:03:15 CEST schrieb Michael Kjörling: > > This is interesting information! Looks like KVM and Virt-Manager are better > > and faster than

Re: Which Virtual Manager?

2023-10-26 Thread Hans
Yes, a little bit "googleing" showed me that way. However, it looks, that none of the other solutions can import OVA via the graphical interface. However, for me the CLI will be ok, but I am lazy and would like to do it graphical, if possible. But looks like none of the other solutions are

Re: Which Virtual Manager?

2023-10-26 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 26 Oct 2023 17:23 +0200, from hans.ullr...@loop.de (Hans): > I installed aqemu (a GUI for qemu), virt-manger (a little bit complex GUI) > and > virtualbox (from Oracle, but without guest-additions annd ext-pack). You generally shouldn't install multiple hypervisors on the same system. I have

Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-26 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 26. Oktober 2023, 19:03:15 CEST schrieb Michael Kjörling: This is interesting information! Looks like KVM and Virt-Manager are better and faster than Virtualbox. Obviously it seems (regarding to other people), these solutions are more stable, too. That looks great, as I am not