Anno domini 2019 Tue, 3 Sep 21:24:37 -0400 E. Liddell scripsit:
On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:51:54 -0500 Michael mb_trinity_desktop@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.
I currently have virt-manager in use. Not that I like it much, nut it kind of works.
Nik
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
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