Canonical Releases Multipass 1.13 RC With Snapshots Support, Migrated To Qt6

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Canonical Releases Multipass 1.13 RC With Snapshots Support, Migrated To Qt6

Canonical's Multipass software that is advertised as "cloud-style VMs at your fingertips" and making it easy to spin-up "Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation", is out with a new test release adding snapshots support and other new features...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Multipass-1.13-RC

[dlq84]

I should watch The Fifth Element again, been a while.

[CochainComplex]

I should watch The Fifth Element again, been a while.

the first thing I'n my mind when reading the headline: the scene Leeloo showing the Multipass underlinded with her saying it multiple times.

[NeoMorpheus]

I'm sorry, but that name doesnt describe that product to me.

That name would be better suited for a password manager.

[Vistaus]

I'm sorry, but that name doesnt describe that product to me, given the description.

That name would be better suited with a password manager.

That too, and why Qt6? I mean: no hate, I am a Qt lover and user! But Canonical uses GNOME primarily, so wouldn't GTK make more sense?

[eszlari]

That too, and why Qt6? I mean: no hate, I am a Qt lover and user! But Canonical uses GNOME primarily, so wouldn't GTK make more sense?

Because the app is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux).

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

Because the app is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux).

Yup, I tried it once quite a while ago in Windows on my work laptop and it worked as advertised. I'm actually playing around with ZFSBootMenu on the 2nd SSD on this laptop and installed the xubuntu-desktop-minimal package after debootstrapping Manitc. Maybe I'll finally play around with LXD while I've got an Ubuntu install, and I can add multipass to my list of things to poke around at.

[Vistaus]

Yup, I tried it once quite a while ago in Windows on my work laptop and it worked as advertised. I'm actually playing around with ZFSBootMenu on the 2nd SSD on this laptop and installed the xubuntu-desktop-minimal package after debootstrapping Manitc. Maybe I'll finally play around with LXD while I've got an Ubuntu install, and I can add multipass to my list of things to poke around at.

Hey, it's Phoronix, you're not supposed to like Canonical-made stuff.

[oldtimefighter]

Hey, it's Phoronix, you're not supposed to like Canonical-made stuff.

People dissing Canonical made stuff is hardly exclusive to Phoronix.

[Vistaus]

People dissing Canonical made stuff is hardly exclusive to Phoronix.

Oh, come no, don't ruin the joke.