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How to Install VirtualBox on Linux Mint 20
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Early on I used Virtualbox whenever I needed a vm. I liked the ease of use, and it was fairly reliable. However, I was always concerned about the closed nature of this product.
More recently I have switched to qemu and I won't be looking back. qemu is solid, and fully open source. If you have not looked at qemu as a replacement for Virtualbox, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Just create a vm with it to get familiarity, you can't break it. If there is enough interest, I could put a short "hello qemu world" tutorial here on LXer, or you can find them online, I'm sure.
More recently I have switched to qemu and I won't be looking back. qemu is solid, and fully open source. If you have not looked at qemu as a replacement for Virtualbox, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Just create a vm with it to get familiarity, you can't break it. If there is enough interest, I could put a short "hello qemu world" tutorial here on LXer, or you can find them online, I'm sure.
I use to use Vittualbox quite a bit. Haven't needed it for a long time. I'll have to take a look at qemu. Thanks.
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And how long does Virtualbox's parent company, Oracle, plan to keep around the host versions of the increasingly antiquated Debian 9 'stretch' and even that Canonical derivative's v16.04 Xenial Xerus on which Linux Mint 18.x 'Sarah' is based on??