Cary Bielenberg wrote: > I guess the main problem from my perspective is documentation & "spit & > polish" of Xen & KVM makes it hard if you only administer 10 odd > machines, It's ok if you eat sleep & breath these apps but to the > sysadmins who have to multi skill it is almost prohibitive to setup. > What I'm trying to say is Vmware is bundled so that it is easy to > implement! I want to use open source solutions & am sceptical of > commercial companies who have "free" & commercial offerings. I want to > try the alternatives but to say the least KVM is a pig to implement > considering *buntu has made this the default. I googled for how to's but > there was a fair bit of ambiguity & confusion in the implementation. >
I'm struggling to understand why you consider it "a pig" to use these things. Virt-install and virt-manager make installing VMs about as easy as falling off a log. And if you insist on pretty pictures, OVirt is for you: http://www.ovirt.org/ If you only need desktop virtualisation (not server side stuff), then use something more purpose-fit like VirtualBox (also free): http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots Honestly, if the only thing holding you to VMWare is a pretty GUI, get out there and check out the competition. VMWare is fast becoming redundant due to their technology rapidly becoming commoditised. ArsTechnica have a marvellous write up on the situation: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080711-a-victim-of-its-own-success-troubled-times-ahead-for-vmware.html VMWare's glory days are long gone, and they face stiff competition from a rising number of free competitors. Even if you live and breathe VMWare, my suggestion to you is to at least learn an alternative before VMWare vanish for good. :) -Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
