Then VirtualBox and VMWare are out. The VB OSE version does not
provide what you need and VMWare is closed source. That leaves KVM and
Xen. I am not familiar enough with them to help much. I have used QEMU
but have not been able to try kernel virtualisation yet because I have
had a single core processor until recently. However, I am sure there
are several people here who can help you.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada



On 26 April 2011 12:09, Jibz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry again
>
> I'm searching for a open source, free, fully fledged(usb support, remote
> desktop, GUI interface etc) Type 1 or Type 2 virtualization software
> :)
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 18:00, Neil <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
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