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Re:VirtualBox KVM Public Release by WhyNotHugo on Thursday February 08, 2024 @09:12AM (#39302109)
You can’t use virtualbox’s kernel module and kvm at the same time. This basically means that you can’t use virtualbox and qemu at the same time.

If you use virtualbox with this new backend, you can use it concurrently with qemu (and a few other virtualisation tools).

KVM is also part of Linux itself, so there’s a lot less haste with setting it up.

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Re:VirtualBox KVM Public Release by dijit on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:05AM (#39303579)
virtualbox drivers are/were a constant source of kernel panics on MacOS and Linux too, so that should not be underestimated.

IIRC they also disabled ASLR kernel wide.

Additionally, and perhaps less important: USB3 is a commercial feature of virtualbox, there are stories of companies getting C&D letters (or Audits/Invoices) from Oracle because a developer had installed the virtualbox extensions..

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Re:VirtualBox KVM Public Release by gonzodaruler on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:26AM (#39303908)
Starting with VirtualBox 7, USB3 no longer requires the commercial extension pack but is part of the OSE release. See https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm/blob/de...
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