10 Pages Tagged “Compatibility”
Reviews
- Boxes (GNOME) ★★★⯪☆ A simple GUI wrapper around Linux’s built-in virtualization support. It makes simple things easy, but to adjust advanced settings you either need to edit config files manually or use another GUI.
- Parallels ★★★★⯪ A virtual machine application for macOS that makes it easy to install a Windows, Linux or macOS guest. Downside: annual subscription.
- UTM ★★★⯪☆ A simple application wrapped around macOS’ built-in virtualization and emulation capabilities. Fewer bells and whistles than the commercial options, but works better for some purposes.
- Virt-Manager ★★★⯪☆ A front-end manager for Linux’s built-in virtualization/emulation (QEMU and KVM, using libvirt). Much more customizable than Boxes, but missing a few convenience features.
- VirtualBox ★★★★☆ Reliable virtualization that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, and can actually run a Windows 11 guest on my Linux host. The core app is Free, but Oracle charges for add-ons.
- VMWare Fusion ★★☆☆☆ VMWare Fusion worked great on my Intel-based MacBook for work for years. But since Broadcom bought the company, I can’t even find it.
- Wine and Crossover ★★★★☆ THE major compatibility tool for Windows apps on Linux or macOS, including SteamOS. And a commercial distribution with installers and support.
Tech Tips
- Removing a Hybrid MBR from a GUID-Partitioned Disk Today I learned about hybrid MBR/GUID partition tables, where the GPT on a disk is duplicated in an MBR table for (outdated) compatibility purposes. These days it can break compatibility with Windows if you have a partition MBR doesn’t support, like a multi-terabyte filesystem.
Blog Posts
- Sleep Study (no Android, no Electric Sheep)
I finally went in for a sleep study. These days they start with a night of at-home monitoring. Not only is it simpler, but you’re sleeping somewhere familiar, so the results are going to be more representative. This place at least uses a medical-grade monitoring ring and a phone app to collect and report the […]
- Suggestive logo
Here’s another example of using a design that suggests a logo, rather than using it outright. This is a “Win Compatible” badge from the package of a KVM switch. (I think it was from IOGEAR.) What I like about this is that it manages to get the idea across clearly even though it doesn’t use […]