On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 09:34:27PM -0700, Bryan Murdock wrote:
>
> I have a question for the group wisdom here. What is the best
> free/cheap desktop virtualization for occasionally running a windoze
> desktop under Linux? xen? vmplayer? vmware server? qemu?
> parallels? virtualbox?
>
> Let
Bryan Murdock wrote:
> You mean like, if I want to connect _to_ the Virtualbox VM, it's a
> pain? I can live with that. How about just browsing the web and
> maybe accessing a file share from within the VM?
>
> Bryan
Connecting *out* is simple enough, yes. Browsing, checking email, etc
all work
On 8/14/07, Christer Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bryan Murdock wrote:
> > So has anyone tried virtualbox lately? 'Cause I've heard the same
> > thing, but haven't had a chance to see for myself. I'm looking for
> > the next best thing here, i.e., one of you has seen for yourself.
> >
> >
Bryan Murdock wrote:
> So has anyone tried virtualbox lately? 'Cause I've heard the same
> thing, but haven't had a chance to see for myself. I'm looking for
> the next best thing here, i.e., one of you has seen for yourself.
>
> Bryan
I've been using virtualbox and it is really pretty slick.
On 8/14/07, Adam Findley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Virtualbox I believe is built on qemu, and is supposed to be rather
> light and fast.
So has anyone tried virtualbox lately? 'Cause I've heard the same
thing, but haven't had a chance to see for myself. I'm looking for
the next best thing her
On 8/14/07, Adam Findley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/14/07, Clint Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Xen is painful for installing windows, KVM is not. VMWare is nice,
> > but its not open.
>
> Well put. I guess the first question you should be asking is how new
> is your processor? if i
Robert LeBlanc wrote:
> I would say VMware server is easier to use the VMplayer it is a pain to have
> to rerun the scripts every time you update the kernel though. I haven't had
> so many problems installing the tools in the guest, but that is harder in
> VMplayer. Problem is there is no hardware
> I have heard people having success with Crossover Office. Have you
> given that a shot?
Unfortunately FFXI shows up as "Known not to work" on Crossover's site.
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On 8/14/07, Flaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/14/07, Stephen Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > what about cedega?
>
> Unfortunately it looks like Cedega doesn't support the game. At least
> none of the compatibility lists show it as working. In any case, I'm
> not a fan of the way Transgamin
On 8/14/07, Stephen Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what about cedega?
Unfortunately it looks like Cedega doesn't support the game. At least
none of the compatibility lists show it as working. In any case, I'm
not a fan of the way Transgaming has treated the open-source
community. I'm not sure I
On 8/14/07, James Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > you can virtualize windows too under xen. They are fully virtualized
> and
> > so they will be slower.
> > There are paravirtualized drivers, that work well, however cost. Any
> 'XEN
> > aware' paravirtualized guest will
> > run at near/cl
On 8/14/07, Clint Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Xen is painful for installing windows, KVM is not. VMWare is nice,
> but its not open.
>
> My 2 cents (again)
>
>
Installing windows is super easy. You just have to use a distro that has
put effort into XEN :P
In seriousness, installing w
> you can virtualize windows too under xen. They are fully virtualized and
> so they will be slower.
> There are paravirtualized drivers, that work well, however cost. Any 'XEN
> aware' paravirtualized guest will
> run at near/close native. No 3D support. Don't know if thats on the
> roadmap o
On 8/14/07, Clint Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Xen is painful for installing windows, KVM is not. VMWare is nice,
> but its not open.
Well put. I guess the first question you should be asking is how new
is your processor? if it has virtualization support, then I highly
recommend KVM, as i
Xen is painful for installing windows, KVM is not. VMWare is nice,
but its not open.
My 2 cents (again)
Clint
BYU Unix Users Group
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On 8/14/07, Robert LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I would say VMware server is easier to use the VMplayer it is a pain to
> have
> to rerun the scripts every time you update the kernel though. I haven't
> had
> so many problems installing the tools in the guest, but that is harder in
> VMpl
I would say VMware server is easier to use the VMplayer it is a pain to have
to rerun the scripts every time you update the kernel though. I haven't had
so many problems installing the tools in the guest, but that is harder in
VMplayer. Problem is there is no hardware graphics acceleration in Playe
On 8/13/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wow, I've been very impressed with the discussion on multimedia codecs
> for The Church. Reminded me of the good old days of the UUG. Thanks,
> everyone.
>
> I have a question for the group wisdom here. What is the best
> free/cheap desktop
Wow, I've been very impressed with the discussion on multimedia codecs
for The Church. Reminded me of the good old days of the UUG. Thanks,
everyone.
I have a question for the group wisdom here. What is the best
free/cheap desktop virtualization for occasionally running a windoze
desktop under
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