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A friendly reminder that you should make sure CPU virtualisation is turned on in your BIOS before creating a virtual machine (in this case, using GNOME Boxes)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/-/issues/799

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Failed to start “Fedora Workstation 36” on Fedora Silverblue 36 (#799) · Issues · GNOME / GNOME Boxes

To reproduce Under Fedora Silverblue 36: + Create a virtual machine. Choose “Fedora Workstation 36”...
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#design #usability #errorMessages #settings #bios #virtualisation
in reply to Aral Balkan

Dr. Quadragon ❌
Dr. Quadragon ❌
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Overall, work silently = good design; fail silently = bad design.

It's one of Unix philosophy design principles, by the way.
in reply to Aral Balkan

Dr. Quadragon ❌
Dr. Quadragon ❌
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Overall, work silently = good design; fail silently = bad design.

It's one of Unix philosophy design principles, by the way: if a program fails it should make as much stink about it as possible.
in reply to Aral Balkan

Virtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Virtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦
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Boxes are not Qubes, however.

https://www.qubes-os.org

Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system

Qubes is a security-oriented, free and open-source operating system for personal computers that allows you to securely compartmentalize your digital life.
Qubes OS
in reply to Aral Balkan

Virtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Virtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦
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FWIW, I like the idea of making "VM containers" more popular. But I have little confidence Gnome org would do this right; really wish it was someone else.
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