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> it uses Hyper-V does this mean there will be issues using VirtualBox if WSL 2 is enabled?

• beart 7y ago
  Unless virtual box utilizes hyper v, you'll have to reboot to switch between
• Operyl 7y ago
  As of VirtualBox 6.0, they should be able to coexist (because VirtualBox piggies onto Hyper-V when it’s enabled effectively).
  • tjoff 7y ago
    But then it is really Hyper-V with a VirtualBox UI. Seems like a recipe for incompatibilities etc.
  • kyriakos 7y ago
    In practice it's not really working though. At least not yet. There's a very long thread on virtualbox forums with people trying to get it to work but failing. I personally have to reboot when I need to use docker or virtualbox. Very annoying.
    • withinrafael 7y ago
      Yep, this is currently confirmed broken on Windows 10 1903 (Windows Hypervisor Platform extended user-mode APIs). Affects VirtualBox, qemu, etc. We may see a patch, but it's up in the air right now. (<closes eyes and sighs>, I know.)
      • anticensor 7y ago
        Qemu? Qemu does processor emulation AFAIK.
• filmgirlcw 7y ago
  The team has said its working with VMware and VirtualBox on solutions but I have no idea what those will be.
  • nickflood 7y ago
    Hyper-V supports nested virtualization (only Hyper-V nested inside th Hyper-V, though), and seeing as VirtualBox supports a Hyper-V virtualization backend, the solution may be to just find and fix all the bugs in that backend code when under Hyper-V