There is a good chance that this guy is a bit counter-cultural and does not want to use the obvious version of anything.
Look at the Windows mail client he tried to go with.
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We have seen that a lot. It often ends with an article a lot like this.
That said, many, maybe even most Linux users started Windows users first. So, not everyone writes a snarky article and goes back.
I think a Windows user that is adventurous enough to try Linux is more likely to be pragmatic and open minded about it. They can push through basic issues like the ones raised in this article to get to the real experience underneath. Many of them like what they find enough to stick around.
But we get our fair share Linux sucks articles that are not better than this one.
I agree that an email program is not Microsoft’s problem. However, there was a real issue there.
His point was that he knew how to easily use SSH to get around a badly behaved Linux GUI program that was monopolizing or disabling the UI. He did not know how to accomplish that on Windows.
As a Linux user, this scores points for me as it does highlight the flexibility, power, and control that Linux offers. It is also true that you have more power at the Linux command-line (even in a world with PowerShell) which is what SSH gives you access to.
That said, this article came across too much like “Windows does not work exactly like Linux and does not have all the things I love about Linux”. It also came across like a Linux expert being frustrated with a system he does not know as well.
We have had years of these kinds of articles slamming Linux when Windows people expect it to work exactly like Windows does. Those articles are dumb. We do not need to start filling the world with Linux versions of the same.
All of the stuff on this arrival is small time, first time run noise. Use it for a month and give an honest assessment of the pros and cons. What saved you time once the system was set up? What took longer? What entirely new capabilities got added to your workflow? What limitations were you just not able to overcome?
The two that I think are more systemic are OneDrive and Ads. Those are going to continue to drag on you long after the initial setup issues have faded into the background.
VirtualBox KVM uses the same format as VirtualBox proper.
The virtual machine description is not compatible with Proxmox. That said, you can import a VirtualBox environment into Proxmox and vice versa. I have done it.
What you actually import is the “drive” of the VM. You create a new VM in Proxmox (or VirtualBox if going the other way). Then you attach the imported disk to it.
The devices may differ between environments. So they are not exactly the same. But as long as the OS you are visualizing can support both, it works well.
Surely it uses KVM for memory isolation as well.
I guess what you are saying is that VirtualBox is still doing device emulation. If so, we agree.
One small downside…
This is not in FlatHub and it is not an official part of the VirtualBox KVM project from Cyberos Technology (the folks that make VirtualBox KVM).
This is a project from GitHub user tulilirockz
This is awesome. I use the KVM version of VirtualBox all the time. Not only is it a great UI with good driver support but VirtualBox itself is cross platform while KVM and its various front-ends are not.
I do demos and create documentation that shows VirtualBox in screenshots. The audience are people who will almost all be using Windows and macOS. With VirtualBox, we can all use the same UI with me enjoying better performance from KVM on my Linux boxes.
VirtualBox KVM does not need kernel modules so kernel upgrades are not a hassle. Before now though, I have been having to compile VirtualBox KVM itself which is a bit of a beast.
I cannot wait to try this.
As this uses the KVM backend, they are all essentially alternative UI for the same hypervisor.
Sure. But spending it in the US on equipment that they remotely control (F35) is even worse.
I will take that bet.
There are already other core utils to choose from. The BSD utils are arguably better than the GNU ones for the use case you mentioned (and permissively licensed obviously). Has anybody “forked” the BSD utils and “taken them proprietary”?
I mean, people can use the code but that does not take away freedom from anybody (at least not in my view).
I am quite happy to go on record and disagree with your prediction. Time will tell.
How has nobody said Fabrice Bellard?
QEMU, FFMPEG, TCC, TinyGL, QuickJS, and TSAC.
There is virus protection for Linux if you really want it (both free and paid).
https://www.safetydetectives.com/best-antivirus/linux/