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  • VirtualBox 4.3.20 Arrives, Still No Sign Of VirtualBox 4.4

    Phoronix: VirtualBox 4.3.20 Arrives, Still No Sign Of VirtualBox 4.4

    The Oracle VirtualBox team in Germany released the v4.3.20 update today...

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  • #2
    For those wondering:

    - it still needs a proprietary compiler in order for the BIOS to be built (OpenWatcom),
    - it still recommends proprietary guest additions and extensions, coming in binary-only form.

    They don't seem to work towards fixing these.

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    • #3
      I'm fed up with qemu. The GUI's for it are outdated and/or minimal and I've tried lots of different command-line options, but I can't seem to find the right ones to give me uncorrupted video above 800x600 and reasonably fast disk access. It seems like it's one or the other.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by DanL View Post
        I'm fed up with qemu. The GUI's for it are outdated and/or minimal and I've tried lots of different command-line options, but I can't seem to find the right ones to give me uncorrupted video above 800x600 and reasonably fast disk access. It seems like it's one or the other.
        I'd like to get into qemu but I always felt it was really "sloppy" to get into. Hundreds of settings are optional, and you get lost in the ones you actually need. Then something performs like crap and you don't know where to look to make it work better. QEMU has a lot of potential, and it's interesting since it is a complete emulator (unlike VB which is just a VM), but I don't have the patience for it. I'm fine with command lines or config files but sometimes you need a good GUI to help point you in the right direction without spending hours on research. GUIs (for configuration) are potentially slower to use but they ensure the job is done right.

        If virtualbox had more dedicated attention and GPU passthrough support, I think it would be a lot more popular. I like how VB just "gets to the point", and its advanced options are very easy to configure.
        Last edited by schmidtbag; 21 November 2014, 04:28 PM.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by schmidtbag View Post
          I'd like to get into qemu but I always felt it was really "sloppy" to get into. Hundreds of settings are optional, and you get lost in the ones you actually need. Then something performs like crap and you don't know where to look to make it work better. QEMU has a lot of potential, and it's interesting since it is a complete emulator (unlike VB which is just a VM), but I don't have the patience for it. I'm fine with command lines or config files but sometimes you need a good GUI to help point you in the right direction without spending hours on research. GUIs (for configuration) are potentially slower to use but they ensure the job is done right.

          If virtualbox had more dedicated attention and GPU passthrough support, I think it would be a lot more popular. I like how VB just "gets to the point", and its advanced options are very easy to configure.
          You should try Gnome Boxes.



          Here is a quick quote from the wiki:

          "While virt-manager does a very good job as a virtual machine management software, its very much tailored for system administration and virtual machines. Boxes on the other hand is targeted towards typical desktop end-user who either just want a very safe and easy way to try out new operating systems or new (potentially unstable) versions of her/his favorite operating system(s), or need to connect to a remote machine (home-office connection being a typical use-case). For this reason, Boxes will not provide many of the advanced options to tweak virtual machines provided by virt-manager. Instead Boxes will focus on getting things working out of the box with very little input from user."

          Oh, and here are some screen shots:

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          • #6
            You guys should try Gnome Boxes:



            And here is a quote from their wiki:

            "While virt-manager does a very good job as a virtual machine management software, its very much tailored for system administration and virtual machines. Boxes on the other hand is targeted towards typical desktop end-user who either just want a very safe and easy way to try out new operating systems or new (potentially unstable) versions of her/his favorite operating system(s), or need to connect to a remote machine (home-office connection being a typical use-case). For this reason, Boxes will not provide many of the advanced options to tweak virtual machines provided by virt-manager. Instead Boxes will focus on getting things working out of the box with very little input from user."

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            • #7
              VirtualBox

              I use Virtualbox as my sole VM solution and it works well enough.

              However, I'd really like to see DirectX 10 or 11 support to materialize as it has in Parallels Desktop for Mac.

              Has anyone heard anything new regarding Direct3D 10 or 11 implementation in the Virtual Box guest additions video driver?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Xaero_Vincent View Post
                I use Virtualbox as my sole VM solution and it works well enough.

                However, I'd really like to see DirectX 10 or 11 support to materialize as it has in Parallels Desktop for Mac.

                Has anyone heard anything new regarding Direct3D 10 or 11 implementation in the Virtual Box guest additions video driver?
                Probably not until it gets implemented in Wine as the D3D drivers for VirtualBox are based off of Wine's D3D implementation

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                • #9
                  For simple VMs there is Gnome Boxes:



                  And here is a quote from their wiki:

                  "While virt-manager does a very good job as a virtual machine management software, its very much tailored for system administration and virtual machines. Boxes on the other hand is targeted towards typical desktop end-user who either just want a very safe and easy way to try out new operating systems or new (potentially unstable) versions of her/his favorite operating system(s), or need to connect to a remote machine (home-office connection being a typical use-case). For this reason, Boxes will not provide many of the advanced options to tweak virtual machines provided by virt-manager. Instead Boxes will focus on getting things working out of the box with very little input from user."

                  Seemed simple enough, but I only tested it out in fedora a bit.

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                  • #10
                    I have enjoyed using Gnome Boxes for simple, uncomplicated and quick setups. I used it recently to test a package on various distributions and was able to quickly and easily get everything set up for testing.

                    And I was able to use USB devices off the bat with no funny business. So Gnome boxes was really handy for a 'dead-simple' program. It's also got a very pleasant GUI. Really showcases good GUI design.

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