I am glad to here that the classic KVM system is still getting improvements and will be restored on the next point release. When I first heard that TrueNAS was moving to Incus I thought this would be an improvement until i saw all of the horror stories, the workarounds needed, not being able to use a ZVOL of my choice, then and I came to the conclusion that the VM system in Incus was not good for running Virtual Machines. I don’t understand Docker or LXC containers so I can speak to them, but TrueNAS did not have them before.
It is important just to be able to spin up a VM and put any OS on it, otherwise what is the point if you can only emulate modern systems. One of the biggest uses of a VM is to run that legacy software (i.e Windows XP and Vista) and legacy hardware via passthrough.
I know this is not the place, so i am being cheeky, but could I encourage the Devs to fix the CD-ROM issue in KVM now that you guys are keeping KVM. Please allow media eject so I don’t have to remove a CD-ROM device every time I don’t want to mount a CD in what ever OS I am running or prevent booting from it. Virtual Machine - Stop the need to add and remove the CD-ROM device
Now that KVM is getting restored I cant wait to upgrade and start using the new APP catalogue to get the best out of TrueNAS.
My primary use of TrueNAS will be VMs, Apps and all of the benefits of ZFS (eg snapshots).
And I do appreciate that I am getting this software for free and could not be more thankful.