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nobody42today at 12:48 PM1 replyview on HN

It's usable (?) as a toy: numerous gui inconsistencies and lack of security isolation [0].

Can't say whether the of lack funding (move to Cockpit from Red Hat) is the reason, or maintainer is just an obstructionist (strictest feature policy).

[0] https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/issues/358


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0cf8612b2e1etoday at 4:22 PM

That is infuriating to read. I have been using virt-manager and sleeping soundly that it was a secure isolation level.

VM guests should be considered trusted? Are you kidding me? That’s my number one usage -to operate software I do not trust.

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