Virtual Machine Manager is one of the best hypervisors available for the Linux desktop. It takes virtualization on your Linux desktop to the next level.
If you run Windows make sure to install the virtio drivers
A bare metal OS is an OS running outside of a hypervisor. Virt-manager is a class 1 hypervisor that allows you to host guest operating systems. ( Run vms )
Technically no, both use kvm virtualization which is included in the Linux kernal, so both are “bare metal hypervisors” other wise know as class 1 hypervisors. Distinctions can be confusing 😂
It’s really just Debian with more packages preinstalled, but yeah, the idea is that you have an OS that has the primary purpose of virtualizing other machines.
Proxmox is an entire distro just for running virtual machines, with a web UI. Virt-manager is a program you install on a normal machine
Aah… Isn’t that what called a bare metal OS?
A bare metal OS is an OS running outside of a hypervisor. Virt-manager is a class 1 hypervisor that allows you to host guest operating systems. ( Run vms )
Hey sorry for the confusion. What I meant is Proxmos is considered as a bare metal hypervisor and Virt manager is a hypervisor inside an OS, right?
Technically no, both use kvm virtualization which is included in the Linux kernal, so both are “bare metal hypervisors” other wise know as class 1 hypervisors. Distinctions can be confusing 😂
It’s really just Debian with more packages preinstalled, but yeah, the idea is that you have an OS that has the primary purpose of virtualizing other machines.
And a custom kernel with ZFS support
Oh right, they ship a modified kernel, didn’t think of this. I also didn’t know about the zfs thing, my homelab uses btrfs.
I’m also using btrfs, but I originally wanted ZFS before seeing that it was only available through FUSE on my distro.
That’s why I even noticed ZFS was one of the features of Proxmox :)