We have Ubuntu installed in the lab here and I agree -- I really like it. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < [email protected]> wrote:
> yeah, I had been using virsh to manage the vm's...When I was trying to > diagnose a BSOD issue on an xp box it was easier to make a direct call > to kvm so that I could try to use different params. > > I was amazed at how easy it was to get 64bit Flash up and > running...and so far I haven't had any issues with it. My sound is > pretty basic so that's not an issue either. > > So far, the only issue I've run into is using handbrake. I was trying > to rip a dvd earlier today and it wouldn't recognize the chapters of > the dvd. I threw the dvd into my mac and handbrake recognized them. > It's not saying much because even though I've not had any issues with > handbrake on the mac, I've had issues with the windows version of it. > So it figures the linux build might suffers from it too. > > > as for the software tools, that's what the vm's are for. Although, I > do wish there would be a "unity" view like there is with VMWare > Fusion. That's really a cool feature of VMWF. > > > On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > Ubuntu is the bomb. If you are using KVM, install virsh and use it > > to manage > > your VMs on the command line. There is a GUI VM manager, but it has > > issues. > > Virsh is very nice. There are new Ubuntu docs on KVM here: > > > > http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/virtualization.html > > > > I have two current quibbles with Ubuntu around sound and video. The > > new > > sound system, Pulse Audio Server, is designed to unify sound > > management > > throughout Ubuntu, but it isn't quite fully baked yet. I have a Bose > > Companion 3 sound system (USB audio), and the OS sometimes loses > > track or > > gets locked out of Pulse until I reboot. Video has a similar issue > > where > > Flash videos (not sure about general Flash movies) play for a second > > then > > stop playing in Firefox. Sometimes there is a firefox process hung > > and I can > > kill the process and restore sound and video, so the underlying > > issue might > > be Firefox, but it still needs to be addressed. > > > > There are a few other things, mostly around multimedia. > > > > The only killer right now is the lack of software tools for Ubuntu. > > Adobe's > > support for Linux is find on the server, not so good from a tools > > perspective. The market is small right now, so I understand their > > issue with > > spending money on it. If you want to see more tools for Ubuntu, tell > > Adobe, > > they need to hear it. > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Zaphod wrote: > > > >> > >> I started to download VMWare server (the free version) so that I > >> could > >> run my vm's under it, but found KVM. I must say that KVM is really > >> kick ass. I think one of the neatest things about it is the fact > >> that > >> it can be run from the command line. Want to spool up WinXp for a > >> quick operation: > >> > >> kvm -hda winxp.img -no-reboot > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285104 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
