Scott, I really like VirtualBox. After installing the guest additions in the guest OS, you can use the "seamless" mode, which just puts the Windows task bar at the bottom. Windows windows then act like regular windows. That may be a exaggeration, but it works fairly.
Give me a holler sometime and I can show you on my laptop. Jason On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Scott Thatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm considering which virtualization product to use for my SPSS needs, since > getting a license for the new Linux version seems too expensive for Truman, > and I'm wondering if any of you have an opinion or experience between kvm and > Virtualbox? I have used VMWare for a long time, but I'd like to try > something > new, and Ubuntu's decision to no longer package VMWare is giving me the > motivation. (I've installed VMWare manually lots of times, but I'd also like > something that Carol could use that doesn't require more than Ubuntu package > management). > > I've done a web search, and I can see these differences: > > - Virtualbox has a nice user interface, while there appear to still be some > things that one needs to do on the command line with kvm. > - Virtualbox suggests _not_ enabling on-chip virtualization support because > they claim their software is designed to be just as fast without that > support, whereas kvm requires chip-based virtualization support. > - kvm is supported in the kernel (I think), whereas Virtualbox still requires > extra kernel module packages in ubuntu. > > I haven't found any numeric speed estimates, except very general comparisons > that say they're in the same ballpark. I'm tempted to go with kvm, just > because it appears that it doesn't need extra support packages that might go > out of date with a new kernel. Does anyone have experience to share? > > Scott > -- > Scott Thatcher > Associate Professor of Mathematics > Truman State University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
