Re: [Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Daniel Mons
Cary Bielenberg wrote: > My references to it being a pig to install is borne out of frustration, > I didn't articulate my feelings well! What I was trying to say is that > unless you are dedicated to learning the intricacies of the software it > is a struggle to grasp & install. Again, I can't

Re: [Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Daniel Mons
Karl Bowden wrote: > able to fault it. Dont get me wrong. I still think Xen is the best > solution for businesses, but with it's flakey 32bit support in ubuntu > and lack of out-of-the-box support for nvidia gpus, although it runs I should mention that KVM's "solution" to the Nvidia thing is to pa

Re: [Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Karl Bowden
I guess I'm going to pipe in on this too. I'd been a die hard fan of VMware since I was a windows only guy (admittedly 9 years ago). But since testing out Xen and KVM I have found place for virtualisation in business use. VMware is a very nice polished product, but I have always found installing VM

Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television

2008-08-13 Thread Senectus .
2008/8/13 Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/8/13 James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:36 +1000, Nick wrote: > [snip] > >> Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this > >> purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse

Re: [Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Daniel Mons wrote: Cary Bielenberg wrote: I guess the main problem from my perspective is documentation & "spit & polish" of Xen & KVM makes it hard if you only administer 10 odd machines, It's ok if you eat sleep & breath these apps but to the sysadmins who have to multi skill it is almo

Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television

2008-08-13 Thread Daniel Mons
Nick wrote: > Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this > purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? Running a Yuan (Stratford) PG300 DVB-T card in an AthlonXP 2400+ with MythBuntu. Prior to that I rolled my own MythTV setups, but MythBunt

Re: [Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Daniel Mons
Cary Bielenberg wrote: > I guess the main problem from my perspective is documentation & "spit & > polish" of Xen & KVM makes it hard if you only administer 10 odd > machines, It's ok if you eat sleep & breath these apps but to the > sysadmins who have to multi skill it is almost prohibitive to

Re: [Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Dave Hall wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:40 +1000, Cary Bielenberg wrote: I guess the main problem from my perspective is documentation & "spit & polish" of Xen & KVM makes it hard if you only administer 10 odd machines, It's ok if you eat sleep & breath these apps but to the sysadmins who

Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television

2008-08-13 Thread Owen Townend
2008/8/13 James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:36 +1000, Nick wrote: [snip] >> Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this >> purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? > > I myself use a winfast dtv1000 digital card. Sof

Re: [Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Dave Hall
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:40 +1000, Cary Bielenberg wrote: > I guess the main problem from my perspective is documentation & "spit > & polish" of Xen & KVM makes it hard if you only administer 10 odd > machines, It's ok if you eat sleep & breath these apps but to the > sysadmins who have to multi sk

Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television

2008-08-13 Thread James Purser
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:36 +1000, Nick wrote: > Hi, Hi, > Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this > purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? I myself use a winfast dtv1000 digital card. Software wise, I use a project called MythTV. >

[Fwd: Re: What VM technology to use?]

2008-08-13 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Owen Townend wrote: 2008/8/13 Senectus . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2008/8/13 Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Gear wrote: | If you want to virtualise Windows, nothing comes close to VMware in | terms of functionality. Paul, Could you please expand on this? I'm currently running 4x H

Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television

2008-08-13 Thread Nick
Hi, Looking at buying a combination PVR (personal video recorder) and digital TV reciever. There are units available from places like Dick Smith, etc, from $200+ Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can en

Re: [Bulk] KControl crashes when screen saver option is selected.

2008-08-13 Thread Paul Rumelhart
I've had this happen when browsing screen savers to choose the one I wanted to use. I've had some screen savers actually lock my display to where I had to reboot (though if I knew more I might have been able to restart X). When that happens, the last screen saver you chose is the one that is