From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Harper Subject: GuixSD as virtualization host Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:48:32 +0300 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e013d18a87be67d0529ad9d72 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55977) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLTqI-0002iR-6l for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:48:55 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLTqH-0002lO-2X for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:48:54 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-x235.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::235]:38350) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLTqG-0002l5-RP for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:48:52 -0500 Received: by mail-wm0-x235.google.com with SMTP id b14so164114713wmb.1 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 02:48:52 -0800 (PST) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: help-guix@gnu.org --089e013d18a87be67d0529ad9d72 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At the present time is there any way to use Guix as a virtualization host with Virtualbox-OSE, KVM, Xen or similar? I see qemu is available. I am wondering if there are alternatives so I can run other free, open source, or proprietary operating systems (in their own little prison) using Guix as the host? --=20 Regards, Paul about.me/pauljamesharper GnuPG Fingerprint: B3C2 6A80 BB3E 8D4D 126E 4FBE 5F62 4195 17D3 CB75 =E2=80=9CWisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and mak= e a choice of the least harmful.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 Niccolo Machiavelli, The Pr= ince =E2=80=9CThe user=E2=80=99s going to pick dancing pigs over security every = time.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 Bruce Schneier --089e013d18a87be67d0529ad9d72 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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--089e013d18a87be67d0529ad9d72-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: GuixSD as virtualization host Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:56:49 +0100 Message-ID: <87h9i79upa.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45238) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMB38-0004oJ-5x for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:57:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMB33-0000op-3v for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:57:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Paul Harper's message of "Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:48:32 +0300") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Paul Harper Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Paul Harper skribis: > At the present time is there any way to use Guix as a virtualization host > with Virtualbox-OSE, KVM, Xen or similar? I see qemu is available. I am > wondering if there are alternatives so I can run other free, open source, > or proprietary operating systems (in their own little prison) using Guix = as > the host? There=E2=80=99s indeed QEMU/KVM, which is free and does the job and does it= well. :-) Currently Xen is unavailable. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.