Re: Good front end for KVM?

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Anno domini 2019 Thu, 5 Sep 01:08:44 -0500
 David C. Rankin scripsit:
> On 09/03/2019 01:51 PM, Michael wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> Unless you just want to learn raw qemu or use virt-manager (workable, but a
> bit awkward), then VirtualBox is the key. It uses qemu (and can use several
> other backends) It can generate the raw qemu commands if you like.
> 
> There is just no comparison. The whole crux of the issue behind VirtualBox was
> to wrap qemu in a sane gui that most people could configure without more than
> reading a howto. I've tried them all and usually have 6-10 guest running
> headless on multiple servers. By my comparison, it is the way to go.
> 
> I did use virt-manager (just to do it) and had no issue getting a working Arch
> guest going on an Arch host, but it just hasn't had the amount of development
> that Oracle put into vbox. Try them all, but I suspect I know where you will
> end up.... With the virtualbox-oracle-extensions providing USB to your guests,
> it is hard to beat...
> 

VirtualBox is not available for beowulf/buster - that's why I have to use virt-manager :(
BTW, do you know how to set the screen resolution to 1024x768 in virt-manager? 

Nik

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