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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

VMware is much harder to setup as it requires additional setup

You just install virt-manager and reboot. That's it.

sudo apt install virt-manager
[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

VMware requires you to click on the downloaded install and click yes a bunch of times before it's finished.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Exactly. That's way more complicated and requires loading external software not packaged by distros. Meanwhile virt manager is very easy to install and it is in the repos pretty much everywhere. You also could use gnome boxes as it doesn't even need root. It is just a flatpak