I also agree on Virtual box especially if you are planning to run a single VM on ubuntu desktop. you can get free license of ESXi for personal use but you need to understand that ESX and ESXi do not install as an application inside an operating system they install directly on the server. So if ESX is where you choose to go you will need to dedicate a box just for that. VMWare server installs to ubuntu as an application. Xen is another good one that is free and will allow you to run multiple virtual instances.
All of them have advantages and disadvantages you will have to read to find the best one for you. Adam Flaig "Its never too late to become what you might have been" On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Chris Thomas <cwt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Agreed. > > Chris > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dante Lanznaster <dant...@gmail.com> > *To:* SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers@socallinux.org> > *Sent:* Mon, April 12, 2010 4:53:35 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LinuxUsers] vmware > > The easiest will be virtualbox. > > On Apr 12, 2010 4:44 PM, "Paul Saenz" <forensicneoph...@gmail.com> wrote: > > someone in the group mentioned that esx is one of the easier virtual > machines to use. I noticed that ubuntu has a vm server, and apparently > it would run as the base, and optional appliances would boot from it, but > I am wondering what virtual machine is easiest to work with, for a novice > like me, where a linux distro (probably ubuntu) as the base, and I could > run > appliances inside of ubuntu. > > Thanks for the tips > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
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