quickemu

[ianmjones]

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Homepage

https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/

Maintainer

• Would you like to be the maintainer for this package?

Why should this be included in the repository?

Quickemu enables you to quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines.

Are we allowed to redistribute it?

MIT

What kind of user will use this package, and how many users do you think will use this package?

Anyone wanting to quickly and easily create a fast virtual machine, with the included quickget tool making it a breeze to download the latest ISO of many OSes, including Solus.

It's especially good for setting up a Solus VM for package development! 😉

Link to source archive file

https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/archive/refs/tags/4.9.6.tar.gz

[ianmjones]

I'm rescinding this package request for two reasons:

1. I've struggled to get my eopkg to work for EFI boot, it's fine for legacy boot though. 🤷
2. I've been using the gnome-boxes package instead while investigating (1), and so far, it's been fine. 🤷

[TuxVinyards]

I have to concur. I managed to get the EFI boot manager to load but couldn't get any further. I even tried substituting the OVMF files from other distros. And adding user to group 'libvirt' and such.

It felt initially like the issue that happens with Arch, when people install 'qemu-base' as a package and not 'qemu-desktop'. There might be a dependency missing somewhere but I couldn't spot one ....

See notes here

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[silkeh]

Reopening this as it is still a good addition to the repository.