I want to get into Arch Linux, but I don't have that much experience and I feel like it'll be easier to set it up in a virtual machine rathen than dual booting, I've used Oracle VirtualBox before but it's very laggy. Are there any other VMs that aren't as laggy, or do I just have a hardware issue?

  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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    11 months ago

    If your computer is a Linux, QEMU/KVM with libvirtd is great. If you run a Windows 10 or higher, HyperV works great, you should also be able to grab a VMware Player if it's still free. For Mac you have Parallels I believe.

  • bahmanm@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I'd say VirtualBox is still your best bet b/c of its well-polished user interface - ie unless you plan to play games.

    very laggy

    Had you installed "extension pack" & "guest additions"? If not, please do! They make a world of difference.

    Grab them for the version you've installed from VirtualBox downloads directory. Install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-x.y.z.vbox-extpack on your machine and VBoxGuestAdditions_x.y.z.iso on your VM.

    For example, for version 7.0.10:

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    HTH