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		paravirtualized on Sept 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tails is a portable OS that protects against surve... > it won't allow me to create virtualbox images What's the use case[1] for VirtualBox images in an operating system designed around virtualization with Xen? You can simply create a Xen VM. [1]: Note that I'm asking a question here, not invalidating your experience.

samuell on Sept 14, 2023 [–]

I've been needing to create virtualbox images for use in some courses (teaching data science and the like) at my previous work. This usecase has popped up often enough that I feel O need to be able to do this on my main laptop.

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