Looking at this, it seems Virtual Box and KVM are more free. Thanks for the recommendations. I'll check them out and see which is more suited to my needs.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:16 AM, [C]hicken [G] od < [email protected]> wrote: > I did not realize that there were other options. Thanks Gideon! > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Gideon N. Guillen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Xen might be overkill for what you want to do (running a desktop OS). It >> is a hassle to configure Xen and the VMs. Why not use something like >> VirtualBox. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [C]hicken [G] od >> Sent: 10-06-2010 01:30:18 >> Subject: [plug] Xen for home use >> >> Currently, I am still trying to get myself comfortable with Lucid Lynx but >> I >> seem to be getting more and more comfortable with it's use and would like >> to >> take a crack at running Xen so that I can run Windows XP 64bit on a >> desktop >> computer. >> >> At present, I am trying to find out if this kind of setup is viable for >> what >> I want to implement: >> >> Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 Ghz >> 2GBx2 PC2-6400 DDR2-SDRAM UDIMMl >> >> I am not sure if that is enough information but I would appreciate >> opinions >> and responses from the list. >> >> -- >> [C] hicken [G] od >> -=>Hi Tek, Lo Life<=- >> http://planet-zero.blogspot.com >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > > -- > [C] hicken [G] od > -=>Hi Tek, Lo Life<=- > http://planet-zero.blogspot.com > -- [C] hicken [G] od -=>Hi Tek, Lo Life<=- http://planet-zero.blogspot.com
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