Re: concerns about install freebsd

Finally, this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdBi6Jcw35s  which seems
promising, will try it on the weekend.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 1:34 PM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 2022-09-29 at 11:34 +0530, jian he wrote:
> > I successfully installed oracle virtualbox.
>
> Hi,
>
> if I understand correctly your host is Linux running either Virtualbox
> from a distro's repositories or from Oracle.
>
> When using a Linux host I strongly encourage you to chose the Virtual
> Machine Manager GUI to run a QEMU/KVM, instead of using Virtualbox.
>
> I'm using Virtualbox from Oracle, not from the distro's repositories, to
> hold Windows guests, since Virtualbox provides comfortable file sharing
> between the Linux host and the Windows guest. For other purposes I'm in
> favour of the Virtual Machine Manager GUI to run a QEMU/KVM.
>
> Virtualbox is terribly slow and suffers from countless issues, let alone
> that it occasionally breaks completely. QEMU/KVM is a way better choice,
> as long as direct file sharing (or clipboard sharing) is not important.
> A QEMU/KVM guest performs more or less as fast as an install on bare
> metal ("bare metal" is for a regular install, such as your Linux host).
>
> The Virtual Machine Manager GUI is as easy to use as the Virtualbox GUI,
> with the exception of the mentioned sharing.
>
> As a side note, get used to portable scripts. I rarely use file mangers
> etc., I'm in favour of command line. For this purpose I like to use
> bashisms, but for scripts I'm in favour to avoid bashisms.
>
> Are you already familiar with command line and scrips? If not consider
> to get used to the default login shells of your host and guest. You can
> change them at any time, but as long as you are testing Linux and
> FreeBSD, I would stay with the defaults.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
>

-- 
 I recommend David Deutsch's <<The Beginning of Infinity>>

  Jian