Don't take 'slower' as an issue. VirtualBox might be slower than Xen in some cases (because Xen is kernel-level, while VB is user-space) but it still is fast. I can typically run WinXP in a VB *faster* than it runs on the actual hardware. Even on the same machine (ie, I imaged a Lenovo XP drive, converted it to Fedora, and the XP image running on that same Lenovo ran faster than it did when it was native.)
VB uses JIT recompiling and other geeky things to hit pretty respectable speeds. I use it every day on Fedora to run usually two or three simultaneous XP vms for development and testing. Speed has never been an issue relative to running them on their own hardware. I ran Xen/KVM a while back, and switched between that and VB. I couldn't tell any real speed advantage to KVM, subjectively. I'm sure it *is* faster, but not so much as to be noticeable. I personally chose VB because of the gui and complete ease of use. Plus compatibility; I'll be putting a VB server up eventually (on a windows server, windows network, headless VMs, connecting via RDP), and the PHP-gui looks really useful. There are two versions of VB: one proprietary and one open-source. The difference is the USB drivers and a couple of other things that are proprietary. I think you said you wanted USB, so it's the free proprietary version you would want. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
