[Discuss] Virt-Manager

[Jerry Feldman]

Is your CPU dual core or does it have more cores.
You might try adjusting the settings. I've had multiple vms running on a
net book with an atom processor.

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On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 12:40 PM Edward <epp at sillydog.org> wrote:

> I did all that. Allocated 25Gb pf space, 4Gb RAM (out of 8 total) and (a
> setting I did not see in Gnome Boxes) number of CPU cores (?) (was set
> to 2).
>
> Unless the image didn't install correctly for some reason?
>
>
> On 10/19/21 12:20 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > What about your memory settings. In virt-manager you can set the
> > memory. Try assigning more memory to the vm
> >
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> > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 12:14 PM Edward <epp at sillydog.org
> > <mailto:epp at sillydog.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Operational speed, not network speed. The Lubuntu team provided
> >     Firefox
> >     as a Debian package in the image and once everything was said and
> >     done
> >     (and networking was running), it would take 30-seconds to 1 minute
> >     for
> >     Firefox to appear, once launched. I didn't test network speeds, but I
> >     can say that the YouTube home page was extremely slow to load in.
> >
> >     When I had G Boxes on F33, Firefox launched in a matter of seconds
> >     in a
> >     box. This was on the exact same hardware.
> >
> >
> >     On 10/19/21 12:03 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> >     > How are you measuring speeds.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Both virt-manager and gnome boxes use lib-virt. Networking might be
> >     > affecting your speeds. If i recall, gnome boxes does not give
> >     you any
> >     > choices.
> >     >
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> >     > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 11:35 AM Edward <epp at sillydog.org
> >     <mailto:epp at sillydog.org>
> >     > <mailto:epp at sillydog.org <mailto:epp at sillydog.org>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     On 10/18/21 9:20 PM, Edward wrote:
> >     >     > I missed a setting, found it afterwards, it defaults to
> >     Virtual
> >     >     Network (NAT) and the box to start it automatically was
> >     initially
> >     >     not checked.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > It's working now.
> >     >     >
> >     >
> >     >     And it (take your pick):
> >     >
> >     >       * is slow as molasses
> >     >       * runs at a snail's pace
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     Not even worth using. Gnome Boxes on Fedora 33 ran far
> >     better and
> >     >     faster
> >     >     than Virt Manager does on Debian.
> >     >
> >
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