Hacker News with Generative AI: Virtualization

Red Hat Woos VMware Shops with OpenShift Virtualization Engine (nextplatform.com)
Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023 and the subsequent changes to venerable virtualization company’s business model and pricing have rankled many long-time enterprise users, a situation that has been highly publicized despite assertions by Broadcom and VMware executives that such reports are little than FUD – short for fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

Virtualization, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Acquisitions

113 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 67 comments

Libvirt 11.0 Released for Open-Source Virtualization API (phoronix.com)
Libvirt 11.0 was christened today as the newest version of this open-source Virtualization API for managing VMs on Linux and other platforms while supporting KVM, QEMU, Xen, VMware ESX, LXC, Bhyve, and other hypervisors.

Virtualization, Open Source, Linux, API, Hypervisors

7 points by LinuxBender 2 days ago | 0 comments

Euro-cloud provider Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform (theregister.com)
Broadcom has lost another large customer for its VMware platform: Austrian cloud provider Anexia has moved 12,000 VMs, some of them rented by major European businesses, to an open-source system based on the KVM hypervisor.

Cloud Computing, Open Source, Virtualization, VMware, KVM

272 points by xbmcuser 5 days ago | 101 comments

Qubes OS: Templates (qubes-os.org)
In Getting Started, we covered the distinction in Qubes OS between where you install your software and where you run your software.

Operating Systems, Security, Virtualization

35 points by doener 5 days ago | 4 comments

ELux: Light-weight, Linux-based, highly secure operating system (unicon.com)
eLux® is an ultra light-weight, Linux-based, hardware agnostic, highly secure x86 endpoint operating system purpose-built to help companies scale, and secure their end-user computing in complex VDI, DaaS environments.

Operating Systems, Linux, Security, Virtualization

7 points by marcodiego 21 days ago | 5 comments

How Proxmox VE shreds your SSDs – with details (reddit.com)
Time has come to revisit the initial piece on inexplicable writes that even empty Proxmox VE cluster makes, especially we have already covered what we are looking at: a completely virtual filesystem 1 with a structure that is completely generated on-the-fly, some of which never really exists in any persistent state - that is what lies behind the mountpoint of /etc/pve and what the process of pmxcfs created the illusion of.

Virtualization, Storage, Proxmox, SSDs, Linux

9 points by free-pmx 28 days ago | 4 comments

Proxmox Announces Proxmox Datacenter Manager (proxmox.com)
We’re excited to announce the alpha preview of Proxmox Datacenter Manager! This is an early-stage version of our software, giving you a first impression at what we’ve been working on and a chance to collaborate.

Virtualization, Software, Open Source, Data Centers

30 points by LorenDB 30 days ago | 14 comments

Make your QEMU faster (2022) (schreibt.jetzt)
NixOS uses virtual machines based on QEMU extensively for running its test suite. In order to avoid generating a disk image for every test, the test driver usually boots using a Plan 9 File Protocol (9p) share (server implemented by QEMU) for the Nix store, which contains all the programs and config necessary for the test.

Virtualization, QEMU, Performance, Testing, NixOS

150 points by tripdout 32 days ago | 22 comments

Linux Fixing a "Hilarious/Revolting Performance Regression" Around Intel KVM (phoronix.com)
It's not too often that "fixes" to the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) are noteworthy but today is an interesting exception with among the KVM fixes sent in today ahead of the Linux 6.13-rc3 tagging is for beginning to deal with a "hilarious/revolting" performance regression affecting recent generations of Intel processors.

Linux Kernel, Performance, Intel, Virtualization, Hardware

4 points by LinuxBender 33 days ago | 1 comments

SVC16: Simplest Virtual Computer (github.com/JanNeuendorf)
This is the specification for an extremely simple "virtual computer" that can be emulated.

Virtualization, Computer Architecture, Open Source, GitHub

207 points by thunderbong 34 days ago | 62 comments

FreeBSD – Assign OVH Failover IPs to FreeBSD Jails – IT Notes (dragas.net)
OVH (and Soyoustart, of course) network seem to be configured in a “strange” way and setting failover IPs isn’t always as straightforward as you think it should be.

FreeBSD, Networking, Virtualization, Cloud Services, Server Configuration

3 points by rodrigo975 34 days ago | 0 comments

Distrobox in Practice (2023) (hackeryarn.com)
Distrobox is the single piece of software that completely changed the way I work. If you’ve hear of or used Vagrant and thought it was a great idea but implemented in a really heavy handed manner, then Distrobox is exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Software, Linux, Virtualization, Development Tools

6 points by generichuman 34 days ago | 0 comments

A quick look at OS/2's builtin virtualization (uninformativ.de)
A while ago, someone on the fediverse mentioned "OS/2's virtualization features" to me. I don't remember who it was, sorry. I had the chance to take a look at this today.

Operating Systems, Virtualization, OS/2

156 points by zdw 35 days ago | 73 comments

QEMU with VirtIO GPU Vulkan Support (github.com)

QEMU, Virtualization, Graphics, Vulkan

239 points by GalaxySnail 37 days ago | 50 comments

Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches (github.com/luchina-gabriel)
Voilà, install macOS on ANY Computer! This is really and magic easiest way!

macOS, Proxmox, AMD, Virtualization, Operating Systems

165 points by goodburb 37 days ago | 49 comments

FreeBSD OCI Container on Jails/Bhyve with Support for Podman (freebsdfoundation.org)
The Open Container Initiative (OCI) develops open industry standards for cloud native container formats and runtimes, ensuring platform consistency.

FreeBSD, Containers, Virtualization, Open Source, Cloud Computing

72 points by BSDobelix 43 days ago | 9 comments

CheerpX 1.0: High performance x86 virtualization in the browser via WebAssembly (leaningtech.com)
CheerpX is a WebAssembly-based virtualization engine for x86 binaries. It is built on top of standard Web technologies, and runs fully in the browser, with no need for server side execution of any sort.

WebAssembly, Virtualization, Browser Technology, Performance

6 points by apignotti 45 days ago | 0 comments

Creating a Proxmox or QEMU ChromeOS Flex VM (kevindavid.org)
I recently wanted to experiment with ChromeOS Flex but didn’t want to install it on a physical machine. I also was doing this without a USB key, which complicated things slightly.

Virtualization, ChromeOS, Proxmox, QEMU

78 points by goodburb 45 days ago | 20 comments

Rust in QEMU Roadmap – Paolo Bonzini (kernel.org)
Based on the content presented in the community calls, here are some ideas for future Rust in QEMU subprojects.

Rust, QEMU, Roadmap, Open Source, Virtualization

7 points by rbanffy 48 days ago | 0 comments

Rust in QEMU Roadmap (kernel.org)
Based on the content presented in the community calls, here are some ideas for future Rust in QEMU subprojects.

Rust, QEMU, Virtualization, Programming Languages, Open Source

224 points by todsacerdoti 52 days ago | 175 comments

Replacing Proxmox with FreeBSD and Bhyve – Abnml (abnml.com)
There are many options for virtual machine hosts like Hyper-V, XCP-ng, Proxmox, VirtualBox, VMware, and KVM. I've worked with all of them except for bhyve.

Virtualization, FreeBSD, Operating Systems

14 points by rodrigo975 52 days ago | 0 comments

Linux 6.13 KVM Eliminates an "Awful Idea", Many x86_64 Improvements (phoronix.com)
The KVM changes were merged yesterday for Linux 6.13 in further enhancing the open-source virtualization stack.

Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, x86_64

35 points by rbanffy 53 days ago | 0 comments

Virtual CPUFreq Driver Coming with Linux 6.13 for Better Performance Within VMs (phoronix.com)
Included now for Linux 6.13 is the virtual-cpufreq driver as a virtualized CPU frequency scaling driver.

Virtualization, Linux, Performance, Operating Systems, Drivers

5 points by LinuxBender 55 days ago | 0 comments

Docker Networking Internals: How Docker Uses Linux Iptables and Interfaces (securitynik.com)
I started playing with docker a while ago, and like most people I was instantly impressed with its power and ease of use.

Docker, Networking, Linux, Security, Virtualization

11 points by ekiauhce 55 days ago | 0 comments

IBM Power11 CPUs Launching 2025 – Linux 6.13 Preps KVM Nested Guests for Power11 (phoronix.com)
IBM isn't formally releasing Power11 processors until next year, but their software engineers continue being quite busy preparing the Linux kernel and other open-source software for Power11. The newest on the kernel side is enabling support for KVM nested guests on IBM Power11 platforms.

Linux, CPUs, Open Source, Hardware, Virtualization

8 points by sandwichsphinx 55 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft built a PC that can't run local apps – Windows 365 Link starts at $349 (tomshardware.com)

Microsoft, Windows, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Pricing

7 points by rbanffy 59 days ago | 4 comments

Linux Fixes Hosts Randomly Rebooting During Virtualization with Ryzen 7000/8000 (phoronix.com)
Ahead of the Linux 6.12 kernel release expected today there is a last minute "x86/urgent" pull request.

Linux, Virtualization, Ryzen, Kernel, Hardware

4 points by LinuxBender 61 days ago | 3 comments

M4 Macs can't virtualise older macOS (eclecticlight.co)
If you’ve already got a new M4 Mac and tried to run a macOS virtual machine on it, then you might have been disappointed. It seems that M4 chips can’t virtualise any version of macOS before 13.4 Ventura. So before you trade in or pass on your M1, M2 or M3 Mac, if you need access to older VMs, you might like to check whether this affects you.

Mac, Virtualization, macOS, Apple Hardware

178 points by Brajeshwar 63 days ago | 158 comments

Run macOS in a Docker Container (github.com/dockur)
OSX (macOS) inside a Docker container.

Docker, macOS, Virtualization, Operating Systems

31 points by fultonb 64 days ago | 17 comments

WebVM 2.0: A complete Linux Desktop Environment in the browser via WebAssembly (leaningtech.com)
WebVM is a full Linux environment running in the browser, client-side. It is a complete virtual machine, with support for persistent data storage, networking and, as of today’s release, Xorg and complete desktop environments. In an instance of WebVM, everything executes locally within the browser sandbox.

WebAssembly, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Linux

97 points by thunderbong 65 days ago | 44 comments