On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 20:53 +0000, Stewart Robertson wrote: > I remember a discussion about this a while back can't remember the > outcome...
> I've now got a more powerful machine that should be capable of > virtualisation so I can try out different distros (i.e. Arch/Gentoo) > without actually installing them and partitioning my drive. > What do you recommend I use? > VMWare - proprietary and closed source so I won't be going there. > VirtualBox - open source version doesn't have USB support. > KVM - supposedly ideal for running on Ubuntu but the support pages > say: > "If you are looking for software to serve graphically-based virtual > machines, VirtualBox, Parallels Workstation (or Parallels Desktop for > Mac), or VMware Player/Server are more suitable alternatives." > > > Any thoughts? Hi Stewart, I use virtual box. It has managed to run any OS I throw at it - even MS-DOS 6.22 with Windows 3.11! Even use it at work to run Solaris on my local laptop. What do you need the USB for? Andy http://www.retrocomputers.eu _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
