VM tool for Fedora 32

[S Bob]

All;

I'm looking for suggestions for a VM tool for Fedora 32. I am tired of 
having to constantly patch VMware and have it stop working every time I 
update to a new kernel. Looking for suggestions. Does KVM run on fedora 
32? Can I install a windows VM with KVM? Anyone using other tools?

Thanks in advance

[Tom Horsley]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:27:23 -0600
S Bob wrote:
> Does KVM run on fedora 
> 32? Can I install a windows VM with KVM?

The kvm and virt manager tools work fine on fedora right
from the repos. I have a Windows 10 kvm running for
stuff I have to run on windows.

The only problem (which isn't a problem for me with my use)
is that 3D graphics don't work on KVM VMs. You can google
various projects to implement 3D support, but none of them
seem to be ready for prime time.

I believe with two video cards and two monitors you can pass
through one video card to windows for it to do native
graphics on, but I have never tried it.

[Jerry James]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10:28 AM S Bob  wrote:
> I'm looking for suggestions for a VM tool for Fedora 32. I am tired of
> having to constantly patch VMware and have it stop working every time I
> update to a new kernel. Looking for suggestions. Does KVM run on fedora
> 32? Can I install a windows VM with KVM? Anyone using other tools?

KVM is indeed available.  I've used the virt-manager and virt-install
packages for years to manage my VMs.  Tom just answered your question
about Windows, so I'll leave it at that.

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10:27:23AM -0600, S Bob wrote:
> I'm looking for suggestions for a VM tool for Fedora 32. I am tired
> of having to constantly patch VMware and have it stop working every
> time I update to a new kernel. Looking for suggestions. Does KVM run
> on fedora 32? Can I install a windows VM with KVM? Anyone using
> other tools?

Yes, KVM is the native virtualization technology in Fedora. You can access
it in a number of ways, depending on your preference:

* GNOME Boxes: a simple and easy-to-use front end
* Virt-manager: more powerful and flexible, a little less user-friendly
* virsh: a command-line tool
* Cockpit: a slick web-based UI for systems management

Since all of these use QEMU/KVM via libvirt underneath, you can even mix and
match for management as you prefer. And a Windows VM will run in any of
them.

[George N. White III]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 13:28, S Bob  wrote:
> All;
>
> I'm looking for suggestions for a VM tool for Fedora 32. I am tired of
> having to constantly patch VMware and have it stop working every time I
> update to a new kernel. Looking for suggestions. Does KVM run on fedora
> 32? Can I install a windows VM with KVM?

Do you mean "Can I create a new KVM VM with a Windows installer?
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-windows-virtual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/"
or "Can
I use an existing Windows VMware VM kwith KVM?
https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/How_To_Migrate_From_Vmware_To_KVM"

There are virtIO drivers for Windows, but getting them is a bit
complicated, as
described in the first link above, and they won't be signed, so Windows
secure
boot isn't available.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2020-09-30 at 12:44 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:27:23 -0600
> S Bob wrote:
> > Does KVM run on fedora 
> > 32? Can I install a windows VM with KVM?
>
> The kvm and virt manager tools work fine on fedora right
> from the repos. I have a Windows 10 kvm running for
> stuff I have to run on windows.
>
> The only problem (which isn't a problem for me with my use)
> is that 3D graphics don't work on KVM VMs. You can google
> various projects to implement 3D support, but none of them
> seem to be ready for prime time.
>
> I believe with two video cards and two monitors you can pass
> through one video card to windows for it to do native
> graphics on, but I have never tried it.

I run VFIO with GPU passthrough on QEMU/KVM. It does require some setup
but I'm able to run graphical Windows games with good performance. This
is a useful reference for getting started:

https://vfio.blogspot.com/2015/05/vfio-gpu-how-to-series-part-1-hardware.htm...

You don't need two monitors. I use a single monitor, mouse and keyboard with an HDMI 
switch (not a "KVM" switch, note) connected to my two video outputs,
one for the internal GPU and one for my Nvidia card. I manage it all
with virt-manager.

poc