Hi,
you can build and run VM build with virtual box in Vmware format...so if
you are afraid by virtualbox you can keep your work and start it again
with Vmware server...
its a common way to play with the both hypervisor
Phil
Michel-André a écrit :
Than you Stefan, I followed your advice and looked at VirtualBox.
Quite nice, almost the same as VMware Workstation and better in some
part of it like: it comes in many more languages than English and the
best of it is the Import facility which is a standard feature directly
under "Fichier | Importer une application virtuelle...". VMware has
the same thing but you have to download and install ovftool which is
kind of hard to find on the web. With that tool I was able to export 3
different machines from Workstation: SLES10-SP364, Win2008R2/64, and a
standard XP-SP3/32 then import them in VirtualBox. On those machines
in VirtualBox I had trouble until I uninstalled VMwareTools to have
the different machines to work properly.
Since VirtualBox is FOSS and:
1) comes from SUN,
2) SUN was bought by Oracle,
3) Oracle screwed up OpenSolaris,
4) Oracle is screwing up MySQL
5) Oracle is screwing up OpenOffice,
I always prefer FOSS over proprietary but now my serious doubts and
question: is Oracle VirtualBox a good way to go for a long run???
Michel-André
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Le 2010-10-28 09:55, Stefan Monnier a écrit :
I am looking for a laptop to carry around and make demonstrations using
Linux and some specific applications.
You mean GNU/Linux?
I want to install OpenSuSE, Centos, or Kubuntu as the host system.
Ah, indeed you do.
Then I will install VMware Workstation on the host.
Why not a Free Software virtualisation, like virtualbox?
I need 64bits, at least 4 GB RAM (6 or 8 is better), and a reasonable
screen. Standard disk space is OK.
No idea what's a "reasonable screen". For me it's « 14" or less with
1400x900 or more», but it seems I'm quite unlike many people in this
respect.
I looked at an ASUS K72JR-B1 but it looks that it is not supporting
Linux. Same thing with Dell Vostro 3300.
There are very very few laptops that support GNU/Linux, sadly.
IIRC Dell has/had a few, otherwise you'll have to try system76.com or
emperorlinux or one of those.
Any suggestions?
Most laptops will run GNU/Linux just fine. The typical problematic
parts are the video (NVidia is not very cooperative and hence not well
supported: better stay with Intel or ATI nowadays) and the wifi chip
(most machines don't tell you what chip they come with, so you have to
take a chance and if it doesn't work well enough, you'll have to
replace the wifi card; it's almost always on a separate mini-pci-express
card and you can buy new ones at ebay or various other places for $20
or so, and these do tell you which chip they use, so you can easily
make sure they're well supported).
Stefan
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