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Re: [opensuse] Zen v. vmware-Workstation to virtualize XP in 10.2
- From: "Dennis E. Slice" <dslice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:25:53 -0400
- Message-id: <46FC1FE1.3050406@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
FWIW, you might check out VirtualBox, too. Last week I installed DOS,
Windows XP, openSUSE 10.2, and Ubuntu 7.04 on VirtualBox virtual
machines. There was some apparent stability issues during installation,
but I eventually got everything installed and running enough for me to
test my own Java app's installation, etc. I am running SUSE 10.0 as my
host OS.
I am also working with collaborators on a book, and they use Word. While
I got that all running in a VirtualBox XP machine, I actually work in a
vmware 4.0 virtual machine. I have used it for some years with no
stability problems. Also, it support expansion to true full screen on my
laptop which VirtualBox does not. For those reasons, I have decided to
upgrade and continue using vmware as my primary virtual machine system,
but I could see being happy with VirtualBox.
I have used some custom (Delphi and C++) apps under wine. They worked
fine except I never could get it to use a readably large font. After
some recent upgrading and fiddling to improve the font situation, an
important old app has now become unstable, so its back to the vmware XP
machine for that one.
-ds
PS: Yes, this is top posted to save scrolling for those who can infer
what I'm talking about from the title. The original message follows if
you can't.
David C. Rankin wrote:
> Mates,
>
> As a follow on to the previous Zen thread, I too would like further
> pre-install information on Zen verses vmware-Workstation. I'm
> dual-booting 10.2 and XP on my laptop at present and I would like to
> install XP into a virtual machine within 10.2 so I don't need to ever
> reboot (now rarely) to get into XP. I have a P4 duo-core processor
> w/1Gig of RAM and plenty of harddrive space. Where can I get more info
> to see if Zen will work or whether I will have to try a closed source
> vmware-Workstation. The only apps I ever need in XP are quickbooks, and
> occasionally an old Micrografx Designer.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
--
Dennis E. Slice
Department of Anthropology
University of Vienna
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Windows XP, openSUSE 10.2, and Ubuntu 7.04 on VirtualBox virtual
machines. There was some apparent stability issues during installation,
but I eventually got everything installed and running enough for me to
test my own Java app's installation, etc. I am running SUSE 10.0 as my
host OS.
I am also working with collaborators on a book, and they use Word. While
I got that all running in a VirtualBox XP machine, I actually work in a
vmware 4.0 virtual machine. I have used it for some years with no
stability problems. Also, it support expansion to true full screen on my
laptop which VirtualBox does not. For those reasons, I have decided to
upgrade and continue using vmware as my primary virtual machine system,
but I could see being happy with VirtualBox.
I have used some custom (Delphi and C++) apps under wine. They worked
fine except I never could get it to use a readably large font. After
some recent upgrading and fiddling to improve the font situation, an
important old app has now become unstable, so its back to the vmware XP
machine for that one.
-ds
PS: Yes, this is top posted to save scrolling for those who can infer
what I'm talking about from the title. The original message follows if
you can't.
David C. Rankin wrote:
> Mates,
>
> As a follow on to the previous Zen thread, I too would like further
> pre-install information on Zen verses vmware-Workstation. I'm
> dual-booting 10.2 and XP on my laptop at present and I would like to
> install XP into a virtual machine within 10.2 so I don't need to ever
> reboot (now rarely) to get into XP. I have a P4 duo-core processor
> w/1Gig of RAM and plenty of harddrive space. Where can I get more info
> to see if Zen will work or whether I will have to try a closed source
> vmware-Workstation. The only apps I ever need in XP are quickbooks, and
> occasionally an old Micrografx Designer.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
--
Dennis E. Slice
Department of Anthropology
University of Vienna
========================================================
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