For me it works well with: Ubuntu host + winXP 1GB guest + win7 1.5GB guest ( at the same time ).
-------------------------------------------------- Michael Ben-Nes - Internet Consultant and Director. http://www.epoch.co.il - weaving the Net. Cellular: 054-4848113 -------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM, David Suna <[email protected]>wrote: > 4GB should be enough. Right? > > David Suna > [email protected] > > > > ronys wrote: > > Hi, >> >> Here's another vote for VirtualBox. Using it in both Windows host / Linux >> guest, Linux(64bit) / Linux(32bit) and Linux / Windows. Integration with >> host is excellent. Support is also quick & responsive. >> >> You might want to make sure your laptop has a healthy amount of RAM, >> regardless of the virtualization solution you choose. >> >> Rony >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] >> On Behalf Of David Suna >> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:53 AM >> To: linux-il >> Subject: Virtualization recommendation >> >> I just bought a new Gateway laptop that comes with Windows Vista (and a >> free upgrade to Windows 7). I want to be able to run both Linux (Ubuntu is >> my preferred distribution) and Windows (Vista for now, Windows 7 in the >> future) using virtualization. I have not gotten into virtualization until >> now so I wanted recommendations about how to go about doing this. >> >>> >From what I have read so far I have the following options: >>> >>> >> >> 1. Host on Windows using VMWare (either VMware Player or Workstation) >> >> 2. Host on Windows using Microsoft Virtual PC >> >> 3. Host on Linux using VMWare, Xen etc but then I have to deal with >> installing Windows since the laptop comes with it but does not have separate >> installation disks >> >> >> Recommendations for or against any of the above or information about other >> options that I left out would be appreciated. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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