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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
azron@lemmy.ml 3 weeks 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?
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The easy ui is good for those who aren’t living in the terminal all the time.
I used proxmox for nearly 8 years before switching to only containers. It was fine.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks 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.
azron@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
VMs are not just as fast as containers.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I didn’t say that, I said almost! Generally disk IO is where VMs fall short on performance vs a container.
frongt@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Not everything runs in a container.