On 2015-06-01 14:53, Michael Pope wrote:
> Hello Richard,
>
> I used to do this at work but have now moved over to using KVM for
> the
> Win XP images instead as it's easier to manage from a server point of
> view. It depends on what you're doing though as KVM doesn't handle 3d
> graphics so Virtualbox maybe a better choice if you have 3d programs.
> I've just found it harder to manage on an LTSP system.
>
> The advantages of KVM over Vitualbox in an LTSP system are;
> - Central management is easier as you access all the images in one
> place
> (virtualbox you have to login to each user)
> - Kernel updates are easier (although you could use the open source
> version of Virtualbox I don't think it requires modules to be
> compiled
> for the kernel on every update)
> - virt-manager is really easy to use.
>
> from
> Michael
Thank you Michael for your input. Frankly I am a complete newbie with
virtualization. The only reason I mentioned virtualbox was because
others near us have already been using it. I am going to look into using
KVM.
Richard
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