Sorry again I'm searching for a open source, free, fully fledged(usb support, remote desktop, GUI interface etc) Type 1 or Type 2 virtualization software
:) On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 18:00, Neil <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't take 'slower' as an issue. VirtualBox might be slower than Xen > in some cases (because Xen is kernel-level, while VB is user-space) > but it still is fast. I can typically run WinXP in a VB *faster* than > it runs on the actual hardware. Even on the same machine (ie, I imaged > a Lenovo XP drive, converted it to Fedora, and the XP image running on > that same Lenovo ran faster than it did when it was native.) > > VB uses JIT recompiling and other geeky things to hit pretty > respectable speeds. I use it every day on Fedora to run usually two or > three simultaneous XP vms for development and testing. Speed has never > been an issue relative to running them on their own hardware. > > I ran Xen/KVM a while back, and switched between that and VB. I > couldn't tell any real speed advantage to KVM, subjectively. I'm sure > it *is* faster, but not so much as to be noticeable. I personally > chose VB because of the gui and complete ease of use. Plus > compatibility; I'll be putting a VB server up eventually (on a windows > server, windows network, headless VMs, connecting via RDP), and the > PHP-gui looks really useful. > > There are two versions of VB: one proprietary and one open-source. The > difference is the USB drivers and a couple of other things that are > proprietary. I think you said you wanted USB, so it's the free > proprietary version you would want. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- Jibu N.C. "Don't tell God how big your storm is, Tell the storm how big your God is!!!!!" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
