#Linux Weekly Roundup for April 20th, 2025: #Fedora Linux 42, #Ubuntu 25.04, #LXQt 2.2, #KDE Gear 25.04, #NVIDIA 575 beta, #Manjaro 25.0, #GNOME 48.1, #VirtualBox 7.1.8, Linux 6.13 EOL, #PipeWire 1.4.2, MX Linux 23.6, #PeaZip 10.4, #qBittorrent 5.0.5, and much more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-20th-2025
#VirtualBox 7.1.8 Released with Initial Support for #Linux Kernel 6.14 https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-8-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-6-14
Grrrr #VirtualBox is pissing me off.
One of my USB devices absolutely refuses to work with it.
It can be seen with lsusb, it shows up in VB's list, but then it describes itself as an "Unknown Device" and gives NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057).
Please #Linux nerds - explain what trivial thing I am missing!
(Yes, I have updated to latest versions, my account is in the vbox group, I have rebooted, USB is connected directly.)
Is this reproducible with non-FreeBSD VirtualBox hosts?
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=113472
― Snapshots of installation of Manjaro Linux: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005)
@friesenjung Hallo, ich stelle auf #LinuxMint um und habe auch das Problem, dass ich von einigen Programmen beruflicher Natur nicht von Windoof wegkomme. #wine und #winebottles probiert, läuft leider nicht stabil. Ich werde jetzt Win11 in einer #virtualbox betreiben, für die wenigen Programme. und mittels https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat auf das Notwendigste runterstrippen. So der Plan ...
@mardor @Julima42 @GiColani notfalls ne airgapped minimal-VM mit USB-Passthrough (#VirtualBox) und Shared Folder?
@LinuxGuides
Verwende #LinuxMint seit ca. 3 Jahren, auf einem 15 Jahre altem Laptop und bin sehr zufrieden. Werde aber auf #virtualbox am PC, LMDE ausprobieren, um eigene Erfahrung zu machen.
Jetzt online: "Linux Mint testen und ausprobieren auf Windows | VirtualBox Tutorial"
Noob question.
If I use VirtualBox to create a machine with let's say....ARM64 version of Nixos. Can't I upload such image to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and use it?
(I can't even remember if you could run ARM images from AMD64 Linux WITH Virtualbox)
From https://infosec.space/@MsDropbear42/113883413775747723, five days ago :
I've shown them to dad, & asked him to play around with them over the weekend to familiarise himself with them, & hopefully satisfy himself that they will suffice
An hour ago i rang him for a quick update. He's continued to diligently work away each day in the KFedora VM, practising with OnlyOffice, Spectacle [for screenshots then manipulations], & his printer + scanner. He still sounds cautiously pleased & hopeful that this penguin caper could be a goer to replace his dying win10.
I am thus cautiously inclined to prospectively indulge in a wee 
#Linux Weekly Roundup for January 26th, 2025: #Wine 10, #GNOME 48 alpha, #VirtualBox gets Linux 6.13 kernel support, #ArchLinux installer gets Wayfire support, #Solus 4.7, #Shotcut 25.01, #GNU Linux-libre 6.13 kernel, fwupd 2.0.4, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-january-26th-2025
VirtualBox sees another batch of bug fixes to its latest stable series release https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/virtualbox-7-1-6-update-changes
#VirtualBox 7.1.6 Released with Initial Support for #Linux Kernel 6.13, Improved Support for Linux Kernel 6.12, and More https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-6-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-6-13
Well, it looks like I appeased the MINIX microkernel god(desse)s and my build is continuing to proceed.
Folding@Home defaults to using 1 less thread than the # of threads your CPU has, which typically gets rounded down to the nearest even number from what I've seen. So it's using 14 CPU threads, plus the GPU, leaving 1+ CPU thread free for a MINIX VM.
There's a thermal budget the active CPU cores have to consider, but I'm not in a hurry, as long as the build builds.
Lessons learned from setting up a Linux desktop VM on a Windows 11 Home host
VirtualBox is more functional than Hyper-V Manager but much slower. There are a lot of tricks for getting this right. If you turn off Secure Boot you might permanently lock yourself out of Windows.
#Computers #FOSS #UX #Debian #HyperV #Linux #VirtualBox #Windows
https://blog.kamens.us/2025/01/18/lessons-learned-from-setting-up-a-linux-desktop-vm-on-a-windows-11-home-host/
@mwichary Did you ever get this up on and running @mwichary I decided to install #Windows 98 and Office 97 in #VirtualBox. The hardest part was just downloading the video driver.
VirtualBox will not launch any of my Windows VMs. I suspect there's an incompatibility there somewhere because I recently updated the kernel. Or could be that overzealous deleting of files from my limited storage space made me shoot myself in my own foot.
But after purging and reinstalling a couple of versions of VBox and trying to make a new VM it still won't go.
Guess I'll try Boxes...
@felsqualle you'd be better off choosing #KVM / #QEMU or #VirtualBox...
The latest version of VirtualBox is available and adds initial support for kernel 6.12 as well as a feature that makes using the virtual machine tool easier
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/VirtualBox-7.1.4-Includes-Initial-Support-for-Linux-kernel-6.12
#VirtualBox #kernel #VirtualMachine #tools #firmware #OpenSource #Linux
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