for VB and this also applies to VMWare they need to "wedge" drivers, on XP this is severe on Vista and Windows 7 this is really not much of an issue. But your hyper-visor needs to tap your host OS's resources. Where I have found issues is when it comes to graphics. That is I could never use the mouse in the VM correctly it was as if the base OS did not play well with the HV. Also I upgraded drivers on my system which failed since VB had "wedged" them with it's own code under Linux and decided to start over.
KVM does not seem to have these issues since ( I guess ) I'm running linux on linux. Also the desktop that libvirt gives you is vnc based so no weird mouse issues. Also KVM seems to run as a process where as VB and VMWare are more; they start with the system and have some running process ready for if you start a VM. Those are my 2 cents ;-) Joe On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 28 May 2010 18:10:10 Joseph Apuzzo - [email protected] wrote: > > So many times at the LUG lunches ( need to go if you can ) have I > > casually mentioned things like: > > Me: "Wow I just installed Vurtual Box and it's not that bad" > > Mike: " I hate Virtual Box it screwed up one of my systems" > > Sean: "Ya what's wrong with KVM? it's more of what your looking for..." > > so goes back and forth, 2 days latter the Vurtual Box caused me to > > re-install that box as it screwed up that system ( but that's my fault > > not saying that VB is bad for others). > > Joe, > > I am very interested in your "casual mention" because I am in the process > of installing VB on a Linux machine to host a Windows VM. What exactly did > VB screw up, the host or the VM? What were the symptoms? > > --Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 2 - Android > Jul 7 - Patent Absurdity - The Movie > Aug 4 - Samba >
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