Hi, I would like to know what the best Virtual Manager is for Cachyos as the host.
I have tried installing VMware and haven’t had any success in booting the program. I am aware that I am missing a step somewhere, but working with linux is new to me and I am happy to learn. If I can’t get VMware to run, what would be the best Alternative?
Truthfully the only representative feel of the distro is to actually install it. No VM will really show off it’s speed/optimization.
If you want to run Virtual machines with a nice interface, try Virtualbox. You will need to install the kernel modules separately which will be virtualbox-host-dkms and the guest ISO which means if you run Windows means better integration, resizing on window resizing etc. virtualbox-guest-iso.
You will not be able to play games via this, except for solitaire of course.
I think someone misread or misunderstood this…
QEMU/KVM with Virt-Manager would bring the highest performance, and native integration with Arch…
Virtualbox is easy, but lower performance; VMWare can be excellent for Windows VMs.
Right, you started with an Arch based system, and chasing performance over ease of use - so your work is cut out. Good luck 
I use virtualbox to host a Win11 VM.
For myself use case it works well and it’s easy to setup
You are correct, I didn’t feel it was clear (but I apparently skimmed that part).
Amending my reply, I find virtualbox to be the lightest solution, though your mileage may vary depending on what you’re trying to run in the VM.
Everything here runs on bare metal. But if I had to choose a VM, I would go with QEMU/KVM + virt-manager.
Here’s an older thread:
Qemu/KVM all day long.
I use the virtual machine manager. Is really performant and easy to use.
I’d just stick to Qemu/KVM and Virt-manager as others have suggested. Vbox can be nice for ease-of-use but it takes very little to learn virt-manager’s interface. If you need/want remote management for it – cockpit is a good option.