4 Sep
2019
4 Sep
'19
1:24 a.m.
On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:51:54 -0500
Michael <mb_trinity_desktop(a)inet-design.com> wrote:
What’s everyones favorite front end for KVM? I’m
looking to use KVM for
several VMs (Win, CentOS6, CentOS7) and was looking for something a bit
easier to start out on than raw virt-manager.
I ended up running raw qemu after not being able to get several front-ends to
work properly (I know I tried aqemu, probably gkvm, possibly virtualbricks).
None of the ones I tried was self-explanatory, and I figured that if I was going
to have to read a bunch of documentation anyway, I might as well drop back to
the command line and be assured of full control.
If you want easy virtualization from a GUI, your best bet is VirtualBox.
PS:
This was my original question, before I realized, asking about a front end was
a better choice. Pretty much only applicable if someone here has used, and
liked, Boxes...
Was: Figuring out Gnome dependencies?
I haven’t used Gnome in more than a decade. I found this Gnome app I’d like
to try out:
Boxes, Virtualization made simple
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes
https://www.openhub.net/p/gnome-boxes
and was wondering how to A) find out what its dependencies are and B) how to
actually install it.
The dependencies list for this program is more than 20 packages long and includes
GTK3 stuff, Webkit, Vala stuff, polkit, qemu, libvirt, Spice, and a few other odds
and ends. Interestingly, it doesn't seem to want much of Gnome, just gconf,
gnome-common, and one or two other bits that might be optional.
A side excursion, trying to figure out B), lead me to
Flatpak[1]. I’ve never
heard of it before, anyone have any experience or opinions on it?
Moderately risky, since it bypasses your distro's gatekeepers and installs software
not vetted by them. Not innately evil, but avoid if possible, like the other
multi-distro
installer "solutions".
E. Liddell