Changing virtualbox with AQEMU

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arielenter

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I believe reading some where that, as a free software supporter, I should avoid using virtualbox (free software version). Does this has a reason? could AQEMU be a good alternative then?

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Omar_V
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My BIOS don't support virtualization, i can't use virt-manager.
Another idea?

Sachin
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In the Step 4 of creating virtual machines in the advanced settings you
can qemu

arielenter

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Thanks icarolongo.

So is it true will should avoid the use of virtualbox? I'm talking about the free software version of course.

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And starting with Trisquel 7 virtualbox will not be included as compiling it requires using a non-free compiler.

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I guess this is the reason I believe reading somewhere that virtualbox should not be suggested then.

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LKML put the virtualbox driver into the 'suppress kernel safety checks' naughty box because it's so unreliable quite sometime ago. Further virtualbox is not in T7 (Belenos) because it requires a proprietary compiler to build the guests' BIOS. So qemu perhaps with the VM management tool of your choice is definitely the way to go.