Same here, though more out of lack of control over the host. Libvirt works on basically any distro, and you can easily configure whatever Linux distro you like best for running it. I can’t configure my boot process the way I want on Proxmox (at least not without learning/sidestepping its “convenience” tools/setup).
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McMonster@programming.dev 22 hours agoI’ve tried it a few times, never stuck. I guess it’s just convenience, it is a well integrated piece of software, especially if you use both LXC and VMs. Personally I keep using virt-manager and Cockpit.
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 20 hours ago
azron@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
I find VMs to BR unbearably sloe compared to a container. They just feel so heavy. I get the extra security layer, is that really why people are doing it or is there some other reason?
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Extra security and full isolation with its own kernel, so you can load kerne modules and such.
Also can run Windows in a VM when needed, or MacOS.
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 19 hours ago
Being able to choose the OS and kernel is also important. I would not want my hypervisor machine to load GPU kernel modules, especially not on an older LTS kernel (which often don’t support the latest hardware). Passing the GPU to a VM ensures stability of the host machine, with the flexibility to choose whatever kernel I need for specific hardware. This alongside running entirely different OSes (like *BSD, Windows :(, etc) is pretty useful for some services.
McMonster@programming.dev 19 hours ago
Portability, isolation, the ability to run pretty much anything inside. They do consume more resources, but if they’re that much slower then there’s probably something wrong in your setup.
frongt@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Not everything runs in a container.