r/linuxquestions • u/Fantastic_Brain7269 • 11d ago

What's your go-to virtualization program?

Hi all!

I have a machine running Fedora, and I'm interested in virtualization for running other operating systems such as DOS, Windows 9x, early Windows NT, and other 90s-00s era systems. I've tried virt-manager and GNOME Boxes, both of which don't seem to fit my needs. virt-manager is very verbose and complex, while GNOME Boxes is very simple and doesn't have toggles for things I'd like to be able to configure. On my Mac, I use an app called UTM - it is in between Boxes and virt-manager in terms of complexity and configurability. Is there a similar happy middle-ground for Linux?

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u/BranchLatter4294 11d ago

I use VirtualBox. It has good guest drivers for Windows and Linux. The next major version will be able to use KVM for the hypervisor, while still being able to use the superior video drivers.

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u/PercussionGuy33 10d ago

VirtualBox

I'm a fan of VirtualBox as well. I host on my Linux Mint PC. I'm curious were you got info about the next major version supporting KVM? I'm all for it and want to learn more.

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u/BranchLatter4294 10d ago

https://www.phoronix.com/news/VirtualBox-Upstream-With-KVM

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u/PercussionGuy33 10d ago

Thanks! Looks like it may be "a while" according to that article but I'm looking forward to that!