[wellylug] virtualisation options?

[Peter Lambrechtsen]

I would chose VMware every time.  The ease you can move VM's between a
Windows/Linux host is just too easy, plus VMServer is free and a very
solid app.

There is XEN or VirtualBox from Sun.  Both are ok, Virtual Box is
getting a whole lot better for end-user UI, XEN is extremely fast due
to it only being a hypervisor running on your existing kernel.

But for me, if having to recompile the tools each time you do a kernel
update is the worst thing you could complain about then that's pretty
good in virtualisation stakes.

Both XEN and Virtualbox need a recompile when you update the kernel,
however with XEN normally when you do a packaged kernel update it also
includes all the updates you need.  But to run XP you would need a CPU
that supports virtualsation.  Which on a stock laptop may not be able
to do it.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Peter

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Rimu Atkinson <rimuatkinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I need to have a windows development environment around for the occasional
> piece of maintenance work from back when I developed on windows. My old
> windows box is limping along and can't keep it up much longer.
>
> So I'm interested in setting up a virtual machine to stick XP on. I'm
> running Ubuntu on a 2 core laptop with only 1 Gig of ram. I'll probably need
> to increase that...
>
> In the past I used VMWare but was a bit unimpressed that I needed to
> semi-reinstall it whenever I updated my kernel. Is there anything out there
> that is
>
> Reasonably easy to install
> Just works out of the box, more or less
> Free. OSS a bonus
> Can use an external usb hard disk for the virtual drive to live on
> Doesn't sink it's teeth into my kernel and throw a fit whenever I upgrade it
>
> Advice, directions?
>
> Cheers guys
>
> Rimu
>
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