On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 9:04 PM, m0gely <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mel Andres wrote: > > Still on a bit of a learning curve. Have any of you also partaken of the > > forbidden fruit? > > > > I have a trial version of Parallels. I was able to install XP in a > > virtual machine, but like what's the point? Using my Debian Lenny > > install disk, to create a second vm. I am finding that it hangs shortly > > after asking for the repository link. > > > > There are Mac specific user groups, for a fee. So, I thought I would ask > > for suggestions here first. > > Did you try the Parallels forum? > > http://forum.parallels.com/forumdisplay.php?f=505 > > Also, I second Virtual box. The current version is great. You're running > on really old hardware to be doing virtualization though. What iBook is > this specifically? > > -- > m0gely > Another vote for VirtualBox, though it would depend on the generation of hardware you are using. If you have a fairly recent G4 iBook with enough RAM (1GB say) VB will be fine. However if you are using an older G3 iBook with 256-512MB RAM, that would choke on running the native OS + VB. Depending on what you want to do with it, it might make more sense to leave the M$ beast off your Mac and just run native Linux (or OS X). I myself run (or have run) Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian on several older Macs: -G3 Powerbook, 400mhz, 384MB RAM, Ubuntu -G3 Powerbook, 333mhz, 256MB RAM, Debian -G4 Powerbook, 1Ghz, 1GB RAM, dual boot OS X 10.5 and Ubuntu The Debian and Fedora PPC ports are still officially supported, and the Ubuntu PPC port is now "community" supported. Taking the virtualization issue aside for a moment, these older Macs run Linux natively quite well. ---------- Matt M. LinuxKnight _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
