Linux 6.10 KVM Does More Prepping For Intel TDX

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 6.10 KVM Does More Prepping For Intel TDX

The KVM changes for the Linux 6.10 kernel were merged a few days ago for this important piece to the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-KVM

[NeoMorpheus]

Semi related question, given the recent news of VMWare Workstation being free for personal use, which one would be a better tool, KVM or VMWare?

[pgoetz]

Semi related question, given the recent news of VMWare Workstation being free for personal use, which one would be a better tool, KVM or VMWare?

It depends on what you're doing. If you have a linux machine you want to run a few VMs on, KVM is a better choice. If your machine is strictly going to be a hypervisor (i.e. a host that does nothing other than run VMs), then Proxmox or VMware are better choices because this is what they're designed to do.

[NeoMorpheus]

It depends on what you're doing. If you have a linux machine you want to run a few VMs on, KVM is a better choice. If your machine is strictly going to be a hypervisor (i.e. a host that does nothing other than run VMs), then Proxmox or VMware are better choices because this is what they're designed to do.

Thanks.

I’m talking strictly on a Desktop so I’m curious about KVM and VMWare Workstation.

[Jabberwocky]

IMO a trusted domain is an anti-pattern. CPU and memory should be secure from the ground up.

[Jabberwocky]

Thanks.

I’m talking strictly on a Desktop so I’m curious about KVM and VMWare Workstation.

There are many pros and cons to each, even on a desktop. A very short summary is...

Vmware has a shorter learning curve so you can get to a point very quickly where you are actually run multiple systems.

Qemu (KVM) has a very difficult learning curve and there's multiple ways of interacting with it, e.g. qemu, libvirt, https://virt-manager.org/ and GNOME Boxes etc...

Vmware workstation will bloat your system a bit (it installs kernel modules IIRC)

Once you get a hang of qemu cli and or libvirt xml files then you will become unstoppable but it took me many years to figure things out.

In conclusion, if you have a lot of time and like to learn new things try KVM. If you just want to run something quickly try Vmware workstation.

PS: Depending on your distro, configuring a network bridge is usually the most challenging thing. Again depending on the distro, virt-manager might be relatively easy to use.

[NeoMorpheus]

There are many pros and cons to each, even on a desktop. A very short summary is...

Vmware has a shorter learning curve so you can get to a point very quickly where you are actually run multiple systems.

Qemu (KVM) has a very difficult learning curve and there's multiple ways of interacting with it, e.g. qemu, libvirt, https://virt-manager.org/ and GNOME Boxes etc...

Vmware workstation will bloat your system a bit (it installs kernel modules IIRC)

Once you get a hang of qemu cli and or libvirt xml files then you will become unstoppable but it took me many years to figure things out.

In conclusion, if you have a lot of time and like to learn new things try KVM. If you just want to run something quickly try Vmware workstation.

PS: Depending on your distro, configuring a network bridge is usually the most challenging thing. Again depending on the distro, virt-manager might be relatively easy to use.

Thank you, very helpful!