cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100

Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

  • DiabolicalBirdEnglish
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    2 months ago

    An update to CachyOS broke VirtualBox which is setting me back in some projects. All the help threads I’ve found don’t fix the issue, so I’m stuck waiting for another update to maybe fix it. Apparently the kernel driver isn’t installed anymore. The command VirtualBox suggests doesn’t exist, and the package all the advice online suggested did nothing. Guess I’m SOL for the time being.

    VMs were my solution to some programs that simply don’t work on Linux, but if I can’t have it working reliably I have to keep a spare Windows SSD.

    • The_Decryptor@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      That’s just VirtualBox, I had the same issues on Windows because it has its own VM module that isn’t compatible with anything built into modern OSs.

      Tried Boxes?

      • DiabolicalBirdEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I might, it needs to be able to do SATA passthrough. Does Boxes allow that?

        • The_Decryptor@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Boxes doesn’t seem to expose it unfortunately (Par for the course, being a Gnome app). virt-manager seems like a better option in that case, you can share an entire drive from the host to the VM, or if the hardware allows it the SATA controller itself and let the VM manage the entire thing.

          Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/kvm/comments/klpyg2/how_can_i_use_my_windows_hard_disk/

          The only VM stuff I’m actually running is Proxmox, and while it all uses the same underlying kernel VM stuff, the UI is entirely different. In my case I’ve got my router running as a VM, and I’m handing off the network adapter itself to the VM, it’s entirely unusable by the host OS. So while I know the functionality is there, the specific software side I’ve got no experience with.