which distro and virtualization sw for a local host and a few win11 VMs
by iperv from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6KEJK)
Hi all.
After a week of headache with win11pro, it's time for me to swith to linux.
I need an host with 3 to 6 vm that will run in my laptop - core ultra 7, 32GB ddr5, 1 TB.
The VMs will be win11.
The key - from which the headache in windows host - will be to share single internet connection per VM, provided by 1 smartphone per VM via usb.
One smartphone will be an iPhone.
This will be a personal work environment, not a pro one but I need it to be very reliable.
So, I'm not a beginner in virtualization, but not a pro at all.
My previous experiences were to virtualize anything but one distro/os per time.
My questions are:
1 - is it doable and reliable? (I think yes, of course);
2 - i would prefer ubuntu or manjaro, but if there are better choices i have no problem to switch. But maybe better an lts distro instead of a rolling one.
3 - gnome box vs kvm/qemu, or...?
4 - the most difficult to me: which network manager to chose? Are they dependant by the virtualization sw?
I saw that is possible to tether usb via iPhone, and of course the other smartphones will be android.
My biggest problems with win11pro were to assign one connection per vm, I saw too many issues and conflicts with hyper v, vmware, virtualbox.
It did work the first time and then, every time i reboot, it didn't work anymore and i had to re-do everything.
In the end i realized the problem was not the sw but the os...
Any tips and suggestions will be much appreciated.
After a week of headache with win11pro, it's time for me to swith to linux.
I need an host with 3 to 6 vm that will run in my laptop - core ultra 7, 32GB ddr5, 1 TB.
The VMs will be win11.
The key - from which the headache in windows host - will be to share single internet connection per VM, provided by 1 smartphone per VM via usb.
One smartphone will be an iPhone.
This will be a personal work environment, not a pro one but I need it to be very reliable.
So, I'm not a beginner in virtualization, but not a pro at all.
My previous experiences were to virtualize anything but one distro/os per time.
My questions are:
1 - is it doable and reliable? (I think yes, of course);
2 - i would prefer ubuntu or manjaro, but if there are better choices i have no problem to switch. But maybe better an lts distro instead of a rolling one.
3 - gnome box vs kvm/qemu, or...?
4 - the most difficult to me: which network manager to chose? Are they dependant by the virtualization sw?
I saw that is possible to tether usb via iPhone, and of course the other smartphones will be android.
My biggest problems with win11pro were to assign one connection per vm, I saw too many issues and conflicts with hyper v, vmware, virtualbox.
It did work the first time and then, every time i reboot, it didn't work anymore and i had to re-do everything.
In the end i realized the problem was not the sw but the os...
Any tips and suggestions will be much appreciated.