On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:12:36 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bs...@volumehost.net> wrote:
> On Monday 22 December 2008, Ross Boylan > <rossboy...@stanfordalumni.org> wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an > existing system?': > >All I really wanted was to run MS Windows to watch TV online and > >maybe play games; I'm thinking maybe qemu is the way to go for that. > > Some games are not going to be playable under an emulator (kvm, qemu, > virtualbox, vmware-workstation) or under a hypervisor (xen, > vmware-esx). Anything that uses Direct3D, e.g., needs direct hardware > access to the video card, which isn't available under either of those > environments right now. I run Vbox-peul edition version 2.1.0. This supports USB devices in guest O/S. also has 3D enabled on my NVIDIA graphics card.. One H--- of a lot faster than native install of MS. FWIW Jack -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
