hddsx@lemmy.ca to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · 10 months agoAlternative to VMWaremessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareAlternative to VMWarehddsx@lemmy.ca to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · 10 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
Is there a friendly alternative to VMWare/Virtualbox? I would move back to Virtualbox, but it’s now owned by oracle
minus-squarePenguinCoder@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-210 months agoProxmox will do 90% of everything you need, coming from VMWare/EsXi. It can import and read your existing vmdks.
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoLooks a bit overkill, as I just use workstation pro. Do you have any familiarity with it to see if it’s easy to run a single VM?
minus-squarePenguinCoder@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoWell it is a hypervisor like ESXI, so same concept. Running one vm would be simple, but yes; overkill. It is not the same level of virtualzation that Virtualbox is. For that, you could look into using Virt-manager if using a Linux based host.
Proxmox will do 90% of everything you need, coming from VMWare/EsXi. It can import and read your existing vmdks.
Looks a bit overkill, as I just use workstation pro. Do you have any familiarity with it to see if it’s easy to run a single VM?
Well it is a hypervisor like ESXI, so same concept. Running one vm would be simple, but yes; overkill. It is not the same level of virtualzation that Virtualbox is. For that, you could look into using Virt-manager if using a Linux based host.