>From my experience, I think that VirtualBox and VmWare ran equally well on my machine.
One side note: In VmWare, the hardest combination that you can set to 'ungrab' your mouse and keyboard is Ctrl+Alt+Shift - so it drives me mad when I needed to use the combination in applications like Adobe Photoshop. - Huan. On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Jason Novinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 out of date with a new kernel.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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". http://tnhh.info/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
