VMware Workstation Shifting From Proprietary Code To Using Upstream KVM

[phoronix]

Phoronix: VMware Workstation Shifting From Proprietary Code To Using Upstream KVM

This isn't an off-schedule April Fools' Joke or anything like that but an exciting sign of the times: VMware Workstation will be shifting off its proprietary base and onto leveraging the upstream Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) for virtualization needs moving forward...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/VMware-Workstation-KVM

[edwaleni]

Essentially a new fancy, familiar GUI on KVM. Kind of like what Virtual Box has become.

[ssokolow]

Essentially a new fancy, familiar GUI on KVM. Kind of like what Virtual Box has become.

If only that were true for VirtualBox upstream and not just Cyberus Technology's fork of it.

Even if AQEMU were maintained, it's got an inferior user experience to VirtualBox. (No, things like Boxes aren't an option. GNOME HIG is a bug and a deal-breaker. Next question.)

[eszlari]

Even if AQEMU were maintained, it's got an inferior user experience to VirtualBox. (No, things like Boxes aren't an option. GNOME HIG is a bug and a deal-breaker. Next question.)

Why not use https://virt-manager.org ?

[starbg]

Essentially a new fancy, familiar GUI on KVM. Kind of like what Virtual Box has become.

No，KVM can only be used as a vmm/hypervisor moniter, and peripheral devices still need virtual machine software simulation

[Sonadow]

virt-manager is garbage compared to what VMWare's management graphical interface is capable of doing.

and KVM on its own is utterly useless. It's just a hypervisor.

[Chugworth]

virt-manager is garbage compared to what VMWare's management graphical interface is capable of doing.

and KVM on its own is utterly useless. It's just a hypervisor.

Once I've gone through the initial configuration of the VM then I'm generally done with the GUI manager. The great thing about virt-manager is that it's small, not bloated, and can connect to remote systems through SSH.

[Sonadow]

Once I've gone through the initial configuration of the VM then I'm generally done with the GUI manager. The great thing about virt-manager is that it's small, not bloated, and can connect to remote systems through SSH.

More mindless "bloated" garbage.

Enterprise users have no fucking time to toy with the command line just to spin up, modify or manage a VM. If every damn option and the kitchen sink is not included in the graphical manager interface, it's useless garbage. End of story.

[Setif]

My God, what people! You talk and discuss everything, but when do you work? when do you write the code? you don't have time to write code. You're always sitting here scribbling comments. I think that you should be marked and then sent after the Russian developers.

Not everyone is allowed to contribute code. You should obey US orders to be able to contribute. Otherwise you are a threat to the humanity.

[ssokolow]

Why not use https://virt-manager.org ?

Dependencies:
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It's bad enough that I can't find a suitable Inkscape replacement for editing my SVGs, given that GTK 3's theming API is apparently too restrictive for Breeze-GTK to get rid of the buggy drop shadows on its menus.

(Ever since GNOME-isms started to leak into non-GNOME apps, I've been working to purge all GTK use from my desktop and I've almost succeeded. I think the main things remaining are Geeqie (part-way through writing a PyQt-based clone of the features I need), GIMP (need to experiment with Krita), Flatseal (need to upgrade KDE from 5 to 6 for flatpak-kcm), Inkscape (no solution yet), gcdemu (need to write a replacement cdemu frontend), guvcview (need to test out alternatives), playonlinux (need to write a replacement. I don't like Phoenicis), workrave (need to write a more tailored replacement), gLabels (haven't used in years, so I'll probably just delete it), jstest-gtk (need to verify that KDE's joystick control panel has reached feature parity), EasyTAG (need to research alternatives with similar UX), and gVim (need to explore replacements).)

It's getting to the point where I'm starting to find it a more appealing prospect to just bump my RAM from 64GB to 96GB and start using Electron apps instead of GTK apps. At least they properly respect my CSD vs. SSD preferences.