nekohayo, 2 months ago to linux

Wow, drag & dropping files between Nautilus and #GNOMEBoxes just works?! This is so cool 🤯
Makes it quite convenient to use #virtualization on #Linux for the one or two times per year where you might need to test something on Windows with some esoteric file.

A short video showing a "TPS report.pdf" file being dragged from GNOME's "Nautilus" file manager into a Windows virtual machine running inside GNOME Boxes; the file appears directly onto the Windows desktop.

nekohayo, 2 months ago to linux

Not holding my breath there, but in case #sysprof performance profiling data can provide new insights to allow optimizing #GNOMEBoxes / #QEMU / Spice guest tools / #virtio graphics to provide faster Windows #virtualization on #Linux without VirtualBox, here is a fresh bug report on window dragging performance specifically: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/-/issues/1083

Also profiled the suspicious constant CPU usage while idle: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/-/issues/676#note_2074349
#GNOME

eoinoneill, 2 months ago to technology

It's a tiny bit annoying to share files between a linux host to a windows guest.

Right now, I have a firewall-protected samba server that can only be connected to from my VM to share files but I don't love this. When I tried webdav sharing via spice, though, the performance was too slow and a bit annoying to work around.

I'm almost tempted to just use syncthing and forget about the file redundancy. Thoughts fediverse? #technology #vm #gnome #gnomeboxes #virtualmachine