brent I will have to dig for the program I prob got it somewhere but it wont happen anytime soon..
Virtualbox wouldnt be to bad if I can convert them to vdi and run them easier than burning usb all the time.
No rebooting and all that stuff

    Axios
    That is likely because you have not restarted since you installed virtualbox.

    I assume you are running the default kernel linux-current in which case make sure you installed virtualbox-current not virtualbox

    See: https://help.getsol.us/docs/user/software/virtualization/virtualbox

    Personally I prefer virt-manager because in my experience it performs better and doesn't have kernel specific builds, some people find it a bit more clunky to work with but its just different to what they are used to.

        Axios You should reboot after installing virtualbox, it needs to load its kernel module.

        NINJA'D

          Solus Plasma iso running in vm (not really set up right tho)

          That was interesting

          Run this command on your iso (example) then you have vdi file and you can run live
          VBoxManage convertfromraw Solus-4.5-Plasma.iso Solus-4.5-Plasma.vdi

          A little bit off topic, but still pretty funny .. This is my Windows 10 setup at work, except .. the center monitor is running Manjaro in a full screen VM, but I have the backgrounds set up in such a way that any normie (which is everyone!) coming into my office doesn't notice that I'm running two OS's! 🙂

          I dont do distro hopping anymore but now and then may check one out and this is a easy way without
          burning and rebooting and all that stuff.
          9 times out ten I can tell right after booting if its something that catches my fancy or not
          at least I know alittle about vm now.

          I should point out that converting isos to a vdi is kinda hacky. You should just install it properly in the VM. The installer removes certain packages that only exist on the ISO. There is no ability to set filesystem etc. Its fine for messing around but just know issues might prop up and it is an unsupported configuration so don't expect help.

            Harvey Thats all I would do with it mess around check it out If I got serious
            about something would do it proper.
            Thanx for the input honestly didnt really think about that.

                Axios I always run test distros with Ventoy on my USB stick. For the effort of pressing F12 at boot time I get to have a full live system without the overhead of my host operating system running in the background.
                Just my preference for messing around.

                    BuzzPCSOS Ya I prob hose the vm Idea not enuf memory in my computer..

                      If you have a spare USB drive then Ventoy is the way to go for checking out other distros, especially on a machine with low resources.
                      Happy to help with a setup guide if you are new to it.