[Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-16 Thread Christian Bourque
> In the development version of my Java frontend for QEMU (JQEMU) I've > already integrated the Java VNC client from TightVNC and it works like > a charm without any speed overhead! And it feels just like VMWare... > > Since Java is already available for a large variety of platforms this > wouldn'

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-16 Thread Tim Walker
Christian Bourque wrote: Face it, putting a GUI on something like QEMU is going to require at least a one per desktop/platform effort. And that can best be kept with the GNOME/KDE/etc software repositories because they require constant updating on the schedule of the rest of the desktop environm

[Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-16 Thread Christian Bourque
Face it, putting a GUI on something like QEMU is going to require at least a one per desktop/platform effort. And that can best be kept with the GNOME/KDE/etc software repositories because they require constant updating on the schedule of the rest of the desktop environment to stay current. In

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-16 Thread Jan Marten Simons
Am Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2006 21:21 schrieb Joe Lee: >Good point on that, BUT it's not just about the GUI. It's about an > "easy" way to install the product and run a given app without the need > to create/setup a VM - To me that is the benefit of the VMware player. ... > > Joe Well, qemu does not

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-16 Thread Jan Marten Simons
Am Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2006 21:44 schrieb Joe Lee: > Can you point me to the one you know about? > > Joe As I already did in one of my last replies, I point you to http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/download.html and especially to this file: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/reactos/reactos0.2.9-RE

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-15 Thread Joe Lee
WaxDragon wrote: On 6/15/06, Joe Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Good point on that, BUT it's not just about the GUI. It's about an "easy" way to install the product and run a given app without the need to create/setup a VM - To me that is the benefit of the VMware player. However, not much of a

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-15 Thread WaxDragon
On 6/15/06, Joe Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Good point on that, BUT it's not just about the GUI. It's about an "easy" way to install the product and run a given app without the need to create/setup a VM - To me that is the benefit of the VMware player. However, not much of a big benefit IF QEM

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-15 Thread Joe Lee
Good point on that, BUT it's not just about the GUI. It's about an "easy" way to install the product and run a given app without the need to create/setup a VM - To me that is the benefit of the VMware player. However, not much of a big benefit IF QEMU is made easy to install and has a nice GUI

[Qemu-devel] Re: VMware Player

2006-06-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
Julian Seward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 15 June 2006 14:18, WaxDragon wrote: >> On 6/15/06, kadil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 18:10 +0200, Oliver Gerlich wrote: >> > Real world, gui's are just so easy & desirable, especially if the gui is >> > consistent a

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-11-10 Thread John Wells
Christian Bourque said: > Hummm even if you convert your current QEMU image to a vmdk file you > still need a vmx config file to start-up a VM in VMWare player no? Yes, but it's a fairly simple text file and there are links on the net to show you how to create your own. ___

[Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-11-10 Thread Christian Bourque
> I was able to successfully take my qemu installation of Windows XP, > convert it with qemu-img to a vmdk file, and then boot it up in VMWare > player (and yes, I own the full version of VMWare as well on another > machine, so I'm not worried about the legality if there are any concerns). Hummm e

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-11-10 Thread Nis Jorgensen
Christian MICHON wrote: >using a slax-live cdrom, I managed to compile linux-2.6.14 in less >than 3 minutes, when it takes more than 6 minutes with >kqemu/qemu-0.7.2, and around 20 minutes without kqemu. >The test was made using vmdk image format. > Please note that the VMware license terms forbid

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-11-09 Thread Christian MICHON
Regarding performances of vmware player vs kqemu/qemu (I'm not being critical about the figures here, just stating what I measured)... using a slax-live cdrom, I managed to compile linux-2.6.14 in less than 3 minutes, when it takes more than 6 minutes with kqemu/qemu-0.7.2, and around 20 minutes w

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-11-09 Thread Mike Swanson
On 11/9/05, John Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was able to successfully take my qemu installation of Windows XP, > convert it with qemu-img to a vmdk file, and then boot it up in VMWare > player (and yes, I own the full version of VMWare as well on another > machine, so I'm not worried about

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-11-09 Thread John Wells
John R. Hogerhuis said: > I understood. I just don't believe it; I didn't get the impression Stefano was saying that he had actually tried it. AFAIK, VMware Player writes changes to the hard disk image. I was able to successfully take my qemu installation of Windows XP, convert it with qemu-img to

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-10-28 Thread Henning Sprang
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 23:58 +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 12:48 +0200, Stefano Marinelli wrote: > > > > > I don't like it. It's just a "player" and the images can't be written. > > > > use qemu-img to create

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-10-22 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 23:58 +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > use qemu-img to create the disk image. > > That is just creation. I think Stefano meant that you cannot use the guest > OS to write to that image. I understood. I just don't believe it; I didn't get the impression Stefano was say

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-10-22 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 12:48 +0200, Stefano Marinelli wrote: > > > I don't like it. It's just a "player" and the images can't be written. > > use qemu-img to create the disk image. That is just creation. I think Stefano meant that you cannot us

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-10-22 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 12:48 +0200, Stefano Marinelli wrote: > On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:29:45 -0700, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > Barely on-topic, but since VmWare interop crops up from time to time: > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ > > I don't like it. It's just a "player" and the imag

[Qemu-devel] Re: VMWare player

2005-10-22 Thread Stefano Marinelli
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:29:45 -0700, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > Barely on-topic, but since VmWare interop crops up from time to time: > > http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ I don't like it. It's just a "player" and the images can't be written. This means you can run an image but anything you wr