Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2460 mails)

["Mark V" <mvyver@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:48 PM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mark V wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Last year, when I was using WindowsXP, I used VMWare Workstation to
> > run another installation of XP as a guest  - primarily to simplify
> > changing machines.
> >
> > I'd like to establish the same setup using openSUSE.
> >
> > I'm currently using openSUSE 10.2.
> > What I'd like to do:
> >  - Install a openSUSE 11.0 guest on my current machine.
> >  - Move my /home contents to this guest, configure the guest
> >  - When the guest is 'the way I need it', backup the guest and do a
> > fresh install of openSUSE 11.0 (possibly 11.1 by then)
> >  - Copy the guest over, and resume work...
> >
> > What are the linux VMWare equivalents?
> > Is there a generally acknowledged best-of-breed?
> >
> > Any comments on the advisability of this approach?
> > Specifically:
> >  - What cpu, disk and network performance price is to be paid, e.g 10%
> > cpu cost, etc.?
> >
> > I would appreciate any insights or comments.
> >
> > Regards
> > Mark
>
> VirtualBox!  I have used it through the last four versions and all worked
> great. With Sun now hosting the project, it will only get better. I haven't
> used any of the others, but Virtual box has been for the most part flawless
> and I've never had the guest OS crash, even if it was windows. Version 1.6.2
> is current. Download it from:
>
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=innotek-1.6-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI
>
> The openSuSE version is missing USB support (license issue), so get a full
> copy from virtualbox.org. Need not look any farther in your VM search.
Hi Group,
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions.
It seems VirtualBox is widely used, with success.
It looks like KVM + QEMU are rapidly advancing, and xenner looks
interesting - but since I don't have such a modern CPU (having
virualization support) on my laptop, I'll go with VirtualBox!

Cheers
Mark

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