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  • testmantoLinux•Alternatives to VirtualBox?
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    7 hours ago

    As jet points out, QEMU for actual hardware virtualisation.

    There is one relevant thing, which is not exactly in the same category, but does somewhat similar thing:
    containers
    most popular example being Docker
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containerization_(computing)
    containers don’t emulate whole hardware stack like virtual machines do, they just run the guest OS on top of host OS.
    so because they don’t put resources towards emulating hardware, they are much more resource efficient.
    so if your problem is “I’m running Fedora but I want to run something that for some reason runs just on Ubuntu”, then you could use containers for that.
    containers are mostly used in headless environments (as in servers, no GUI), so running and displaying desktop Linux inside them is a bit tricky, but it can be done.

  • testmantoAndroid@lemdro.id•Probably preaching to the choir here, but headphone jacks are really a must, and USB-c adapters have their limitsEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    I think that the insistance on headphone jack has gone too far.
    There are now enough wired USB-C headphones and wireless earbuds available.
    Yes, there are edge cases, like people who work in audio industry where most equipment uses jack as standard connector, or car aux ports, etc.
    But when it comes to most casual listening, there are enough solutions.

    When migrating to the new phone I tried with USB-C to 3.5 adapter. It did not work most of the time. I suspect that the issue was in my somewhat defective headphones, which have damaged wire and therefore unreliable connection.
    Previous phone and other devices were probably able to mitigate the occasional “disconnect”, while the adapter completely dropped connection.

    But then I bought USB-C headphones, which work fine.

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