On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 18:03, Russell Johnson <r...@dimstar.net> wrote:
>> 2. Vmware or Virtualbox? > > I like vmware because, like my Mac, it just works. I use vmware fusion on my > mac to run Windows, and when I was running a linux box as my main machine, I > ran Windows in a vmware session. It's usually quite a while between times I > need to run Windows, and when I do, vmware pops right back up. > > It virtualizes all the hardware. You can choose to attach the USB/CD/etc > hardware to the virtual computer, or not. i would make all the same statements about virtualbox, except hey, free & open source. i've never used vmware, though, so i don't know which is better. but i'd say both work. i do know a fair amount about the vmware suite's featureset, and based on that i'd say vmware is incredibly well suited to enterprise-level complex stuff. but i've used virtualbox for migration over the network and it has worked, so it's not exactly hobbyist-level-only either. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
