[Discuss] Virt-Manager

[epp at sillydog.org (Edward)]

Should have gone to the list. Sorry.

On 10/21/21 4:02 PM, Edward wrote:
> On 10/20/21 22:34, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
>
>> KVM/QEMU has completely changed how I do software development. I almost
>> *never* run make in my "work station" environment. I am always compiling
>> in a specific VM.
>>
>> Anyway, have fun. Virtualization is a little heavier than containers, but
>> well worth getting to know better.
>
> I was successful installing the LXQt flavors of Lubuntu and PCLinuxOS 
> (PCLOS) into virtual machines and they work well. With PCLOS, the 
> desktop kept repeatedly flashing running it from the live image, so 
> once rebooted but selecting the safe graphics mode at boot, the 
> desktop was then fine and it apparently installed using that same 
> mode, but the desktop resolution is limited to 1600x900. If I select 
> anything wider or larger, it cuts off the bottom of the window. I 
> could move the LXQtPpanel to the top of the screen, but I am used to 
> using it at the bottom.
>
> I question whether the VM software emulates a /virtual/ CPU?? In 
> PCLOS, running neofetch in a terminal, displayed the CPU as an AMD 
> Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron) (2) @ 3.199GHz. The actual on-board 
> CPU is an AMD Athlon II X2 260 (2) @ 3.200GHz.
>
> I also installed Fedora's LXQt Spin, which took the least amount of VM 
> configuring before the installation, however Fedora 34 did not have 
> the latest LXQt packages (had 0.16, latest is 0.17, next version may 
> be version 1.0) and some of the menus were actually missing their 
> icons./If it were me, I would not have released it with missing icons. 
> /So I deleted the Fedora VM, wasn't happy with it.
>