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From: Richard Lawrence on 23 Apr 2010 12:40 Hi all, I am looking to run some virtual machines for personal use: I'd like to (attempt to) try out some alternative OSes from within my Lenny host. My goals are to be able to get a taste of some more "exotic" systems (maybe: BSD, Plan 9, Open Genera) without threatening my stable environment, and with easy cleanup. My understanding is that the easiest way to do this is to run these systems as virtual machines, though if others have different suggestions, please let me know. I would also just like to learn more about running a VM, since I'd like to be able to help my dad out. He has a Windows development machine that is choking to death on anti-virus software. It would be nice to be able to help him convert that into a VM inside GNU/Linux, so the machine will become usable again for things other that don't require Windows. I am wondering if others have recommendations for where to start with this project. I am pretty much a complete newb with respect to virtual machine technology; I don't really know how to assess whether Xen, VirtualBox, QEMU, KVM, or something else would be the best software for me to start learning. I value: - free over non-free - ease of use and good documentation over performance - installation via apt and reasonable default configuration - simple networking on commodity hardware - other basic integration with host OS services (perhaps file sharing, USB, printing) I realize that these things may not all come in the same package. But if they do, or if someone could give me some guidance about how to sort out the tradeoffs, I'd be most appreciative! Thanks, Richard P.S. Apologies if this question seems too far off-topic for debian-user. If there's a better place to ask this question, I'd like to know that, too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y6ge166m.fsf(a)berkeley.edu
From: Nuno Magalhães on 23 Apr 2010 12:50 This has been discussed before. Search the mailing-list archive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/z2z6b1504c41004230940rd5991ebepd8b51a9524b4eaf3(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Terence on 23 Apr 2010 12:50 Hi, Richard, I am running Windows XP 32 bit, Windows XP Pro 64 bit, and, at the moment, Ubuntu 10.04 in Virtual Box. Every "just works", including the web, usb attachments, etc.. I recommend it. This is the non-free Sun version, though, as I didn't have a lot of luck (it was some time ago) with the packaged version. YMMV HTH Terence -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/y2mc7e110fe1004230945qd8d3d37zc5a50d60a3e8b961(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Mihamina Rakotomandimby on 23 Apr 2010 13:30 > Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence(a)berkeley.edu> : > I don't really know how to assess whether > Xen, VirtualBox, QEMU, KVM, or something else would be the best > software for me to start learning. KVM. Ubuntu has good documentation about it. -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Developpement +261 34 29 155 34 / +261 33 11 207 36 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100423202313.35602cf3(a)pbmiha.malagasy.com
From: godo on 23 Apr 2010 23:20 On 04/23/2010 06:31 PM, Richard Lawrence wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking to run some virtual machines for personal use: I'd like > to (attempt to) try out some alternative OSes from within my Lenny > host. My goals are to be able to get a taste of some more "exotic" > systems (maybe: BSD, Plan 9, Open Genera) without threatening my > stable environment, and with easy cleanup. My understanding is that > the easiest way to do this is to run these systems as virtual > machines, though if others have different suggestions, please let me > know. > > I would also just like to learn more about running a VM, since I'd > like to be able to help my dad out. He has a Windows development > machine that is choking to death on anti-virus software. It would be > nice to be able to help him convert that into a VM inside GNU/Linux, > so the machine will become usable again for things other that don't > require Windows. > > I am wondering if others have recommendations for where to start with > this project. I am pretty much a complete newb with respect to > virtual machine technology; I don't really know how to assess whether > Xen, VirtualBox, QEMU, KVM, or something else would be the best > software for me to start learning. > > I value: > - free over non-free > - ease of use and good documentation over performance > - installation via apt and reasonable default configuration > - simple networking on commodity hardware > - other basic integration with host OS services (perhaps file sharing, > USB, printing) > > I realize that these things may not all come in the same package. But > if they do, or if someone could give me some guidance about how to > sort out the tradeoffs, I'd be most appreciative! > > Thanks, > > Richard > > P.S. Apologies if this question seems too far off-topic for > debian-user. If there's a better place to ask this question, I'd like > to know that, too. > > Hi, I have Sun VirtualBox. It's easy to use and install. The guests OS that I tried and work: Debian, MEPIS, OpenSolaris, OpenSuse, Solaris 10, XP and some other Linux distros. DesktopBSD and FreeBSD work but can't get GUI -that can be lack of my knowledge. Same with open VirtualBox except I think that there is no USB support. Aqemu (qemu) easy to use and install -DesktopBSD work's with GUI. I think that all VM have file sharing, printing depends on USB if you have USB printer. -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Registered Linux User #503414 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BD260C5.1020600(a)dobosevic.com
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