Probably better for !reddit@lemmy.ml or !reddit@lemmy.world
Also related !whyileftreddit@lemmy.ml and !byereddit@lemmy.world
Yes that sounds correct, the traffic would go through the host so if the host is on VPN then the VM should be on that as well when in NAT mode.
Haven’t done that myself, maybe just do some testing to make sure that’s working as expected e.g. could be worthwhile to test what happens when the VPN drops out on the host and see how the VM behaves in that scenario. I don’t know how a kill switch would behave with that setup (or if you even need it, just mentioning).
At first I wasn’t sure if they were suing the (now) dead guy from https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/lawsuit-grok-user-made-7k-child-sex-images-xai-only-reported-one-gang-rape-prompt/ but I think that one was in Wyoming per the legal docs. Grok has certainly been busy generating CSAM.
Not sure how you had it set up in VirtualBox but I’m guessing you should just do the same thing since that’s what you’re used to.
The other comment is correct but if you need a slightly shorter version
Bridge networking = Pretend the VM is its own separate physical computer plugged into your network. It is receiving an IP address from your network router, it is doing DNS through the network router, etc. And the network router is able to direct incoming internet traffic directly to the VM if configured that way so you could do stuff like port forwarding to a specific open port in the VM if you choose.
NAT = The host system (your Linux computer) is pretending to be a virtual router for the VM, the VM is not doing any direct communication with the network router. The VM gets its IP address from the host computer (the virtual NAT router). Since the VM sits behind the host computer that means it’s double-NAT’d, all internet traffic goes through the host first. It is not possible to configure an incoming port forward from the internet router directly to the VM.
Not sure what sort of isolation you’re expecting but yes, QEMU + virt-manager will be a very similar experience to using virtualbox. Both offer the same sort of isolation so I don’t think you’d run into any surprises.
In both managers the VM does usually have internet access by default via NAT switch on the host system but you could re-configure it to bridge networking if you wanted. You could probably get rid of the NIC entirely if you don’t want it to have network access (haven’t personally needed to do that but it should be doable).
You do need to do some extra configuration if you need to share files between the Linux host and the Windows VM but I suspect you don’t want to do that if you’re looking for isolation.
Think you meant New York City since that’s statewide, not specific to any cities in New York state.
Maybe that’s specific to UK? I’ve never had to upload ID at any of the general domain registrars but am not in the UK. Maybe you’re looking for a registrar that doesn’t do that for UK residents, specifically. (or you might need to use a VPN or something, dunno)
Privacy aside most people tend to buy a domain at the cheapest registrar (keeping in mind whether to renew at that registrar later or transfer out to a new one when the time comes). There are domain registrar sites people use for comparison, been a bit since I’ve needed to shop around but sites like https://tld-list.com/ can be helpful. You could try doing a lookup there and work your way down the list until you find one you like.
Or if you’re really set on looking for a service that actually advertises no KYC then looking through this list may help https://kycnot.me/?categories=domains (njalla is one of the listed ones there as someone else mentioned).
Windows has an RDP server installed by default so any Linux RDP client will work (Remmina for example), just need to configure Windows to allow those incoming connections.
But RDP won’t do screen-sharing, if you need that specifically look at installing a VNC server onto the Windows system, or look at stuff like Rustdesk.
if you need those connections to be more secure you’ll want to look at adding VPN or SSH possibly.
For what it’s worth Windows does sort of have a RDP screen sharing feature, I think it comes up as Quick Assist on Windows, but that works through Microsoft Account / servers and wouldn’t do connections from Linux AFAIK.
On VirusTotal only 2/67 Antivirus vendors flag it as anything
That’s the usual sign of a false positive, a real malware/virus issue would show up in pretty much all the main scans.
EDIT: Here’s another scan, 0 antivirus vendors flagged in this one - Jotti is a much smaller site but you get the idea
Sound normal for Windows, back when I was using Windows I usually had to whitelist torrent clients in Windows Defender otherwise the torrent client .exe would disappear randomly during a virus scan. It was always some sort of false positive.
Those who bought an Office license back in 2019 are very much likely to have upgraded their packages already
You’d be shocked how often that’s not the case. So, so many people and small businesses don’t feel like buying another new license of MS Office and instead just re-install an old licensed version on their new system when needed. Just in my own bubble of working at different small businesses or helping people with computers I’ve repeatedly encountered ancient versions of MS Office that people cling on to. People that do lots of IT support in the field must encounter this fairly regularly.
When I ask/question people on using their old outdated MS Office it’s some combination of “I don’t want to learn something new” or “I paid for it so I’ll keep using it”.
And nowadays, besides LibreOffice, people also have the option of using MS Office Online or Google Docs but that still falls into the category of needing to do things slightly differently vs what they’re used to.
Jelllyfin + Subfin (https://github.com/williamkray/subfin-plugin) works well, I’ve been using it with the OpenSubsonic Android apps listed in https://www.navidrome.org/apps/?platform=android&api=opensubsonic without issue. e.g. Substreamer, Tempus, Airdrome, etc. all work fine with Jellyfin + Subfin.
I’m guessing you’re not on Android or iOS since Jellyfin has apps on those platforms - but you should be able to use any Subsonic/OpenSubsonic app once set up with the plugin.