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  1. SpongebobFan1994

    Trying to Get Gnome Boxes to Boot Up VM

    For a while now, I've been checking out other distros so I can eventually switch to one, and Nitrux is one I want to try. I downloaded Gnome Boxes because the description said it's very easy to set up VMs. The problem is every time I try to set up any distro in a VM, I get an error message...
  2. wolste99

    New to Linux and need install direction

    Hello, all I am new and this is my first post. I'm glad to be here! I have been playing around, and reading/learning about, Linux the past several weeks. (I have a Raspberry Pi 400 I've been checking out and I have a small Lenovo laptop with Ubuntu). I have an ASUS 17" gaming laptop and I...
  3. SpongebobFan1994

    Trying to Run Zorin Core 16.1 as a Virtual Machine in Gnome Blocks

    Because I've been using Mint for the last 10 years, I recently decided its time for a different change in pace. For my new distro, I want to try out Zorin, but every time I click on "create virtual machine from file", and then click on the iso, nothing happens.
  4. NucleusChemistry

    Virtual Machine won't delete

    Hello I am new to the site but the information you have on here is great. I have a question regarding virtual machine drives. I was cleaning up my files and deleted the .vdi for a machine I no longer wanted. The goal was to wipe it and then start over with the same machine type/OS. When I go...
  5. A

    Pros and Cons: Linux under Paralles on M1 MBP vs. Linux on a non-Apple machine

    Dear friends, I want to start using Linux. My hardware is a M1 MacBook Pro and I installed Kali under the actual Paralles version. I become aware of the first „little“ problems… .Mac Keyboard (where are the special keys…@…|…\…) I started thinking about investing money in a second notebook to...
  6. T

    Frustrated with Virtualbox Error (rc-1908)

    I've been trying to solve this problem for days now. When I try to launch my Virtual Machine in Virtualbox 6.0 I get an error message: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine llllele. The virtual machine 'llllele' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)...
  7. SpongebobFan1994

    I Can't Seem to Find a way to Download KVM Off of Their Website [Solved]

    Last night, I was running Ubuntu MATE in Virtualbox, and when I was installing updates for it, it ate up too many resources and severely slowed down my computer. Even though I am running relatively-old hardware, and I did close down any programs I wasn't using (as @Tolkem suggested in a previous...
  8. SpongebobFan1994

    Is Virtualbox Energy Heavy? [Solved]

    I often keep a virtual machine running for relatively long periods of time, and after a while, the fan on my desktop gets loud (probably because it's using so much energy at the time). After I shut the VM down, the fan quiets down. I've been thinking about upgrading the hardware since its...
  9. S

    What is THIS? Need help

    Ok here’s my problem : I broke my laptop so I have it hooked to my tv via hmdi. For some reason I can’t get the bottom icons (Firefox , etc ) on my host machine . So being as though I couldn’t click on Oracle VM I entered “ VBoxManage startvms “kali Linux”” on my host terminal .From there I had...
  10. U

    hey, I'd like to become "that guy" who only boots up windows on virtual machines to play games while using mainly linux...

    problem is. I don't know where to start or what to learn. the terminal? which distro should I start with and which one should I end on? obviously all this sounds very generic and over-asked, yet I'd like to clarify that I had prior experience with linux. Pop!_OS in particular, I used it for...
  11. H

    Screen Stuttering in Virt-manager VMs

    I hope whoever is reading this is doing well. The issue is that I am getting screen stuttering/lagging on some distributions when I run them as VMs using virt-manager. The issue occurs with distros like Fedora, Kali, and Manjaro. However, the VMs of Ubuntu and ParrotOS (I think it is based on...
  12. C

    Help to get full anonymity on Tails VM (Host: Kali, Debian)

    I used to have two USBs: a SSD with my Kali Linux and a 16gb stick with Tails. I'm planning on creating a Tails VM so i can use the security this Linux distro provides, and i need to know what are the best network options (NAT? Host-only?) to pick and if using Kalitorify while changing the mac...
  13. B

    Sending info to mysql db

    Hello, I want to make a script that monitorizes the cpu utilization and sends that data to a mysql database. I have two VMs made with ORACLE, they both can comunicate with eachother, I made a script using the top command on VM1 and on the VM2 I have installed myqsl server. I only found how to...
  14. B

    Linux Project

    Hello, I have a personal project that includes some ideas of using Oracle VM, monitoring and some network commands. So far, I have two VMs that can communicate with eachother, I made a database using mysql on one of the VMs and on the other I want to access and see the database on a web server...
  15. V

    How to run Windows OS on running Ubuntu Server without VM

    Hi, Basically I have one hardware with static IP. I has beem used for hosting website on ubuntu server. Other family members do not familiar with Linux server. So when they want to use machine I have to reboot the machine and run windows at that time my hosted website was not working because it...
  16. ToadmanX4

    Can't get Virtualbox running

    I'm on Linux Mint 20 and I'm trying to get a Windows 10 machine running, but to no avail. Every time I try running it, I get this message every time. "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it...
  17. M

    VM software for metasploitable on kali linux

    Hello, i want install VM software for metasploitable supported x86 processor, i have searched on google but not works, i want a light VM software with installation steps
  18. R

    cannot access any website, internet is fine- connection timed out

    I installed Kali on a virtual machine in VM with a bridged connection and the icon is showing connected, when I ping google, youtube, dns servers or any page pings go great but I can't access them through any browser. Every time the same error: connection timed out. I turned off every proxy...
  19. A

    Newbie to Linux....help needed for a college project "Cluster Implementation"

    Hi, I have only ever used Windows and MAC operating systems to date. I need to install Linux on my laptop which currently has Windows 10 already installed. Does anyone know how I can dual boot and what to watch out for? The reason i need Linux as I need to have multiply node clusters setup so...
  20. R

    Cant create the pipe symbol ( | ) inside a Debian VM running on a MacOS host

    Hello, I just set up a Debian VM on my MacBook, and when I try to create the pipe symbol by pressing option + 7, it does the following: Why is this and what can I do about it? Also, a little side question: Why does this work: cat test.txt > test2.txt But not this: cat test.txt | echo >...
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