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Re:VirtualBox KVM Public Release by tryauuum on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:10PM (#39304519)
if in the past they already were using a kernel module then your reply doesn't explain anything.

So they went from using hardware virtualization (provided by intel/amd) with their kernel module to the KVM one. I don't know which benefits it brings

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Re:VirtualBox KVM Public Release by i80and on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:14PM (#39304591)
Without being at all up to date on the current state of things, the Virtual Box third party kernel module was historically of famously poor quality[1], even putting aside the general pains of third-party kernel modules.

[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/OTk5Mw

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