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From: Bengt T on 4 Aug 2010 02:17
I am planning to install virtualization sw into my laptop.

Which criterias should I consider when I compare different
alternatives (Wmware, Virtualbox, Xen...) and which are the pros and
cons?
From: Daniel Meszaros on 4 Aug 2010 03:45
Hi!

Am 04.08.2010 08:17, schrieb Bengt T:
> I am planning to install virtualization sw into my laptop.
>
> Which criterias should I consider when I compare different
> alternatives (Wmware, Virtualbox, Xen...) and which are the pros and
> cons?

If it just concerns a few simple tests or some parallelly working OS I'd
recommend VirtualBox. No special kernels and easy GUI-based administration.

CU,
M�szi.
From: Rob Burton on 4 Aug 2010 04:15
On Aug 4, 8:45 am, Daniel Meszaros <s...(a)meszi.de> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Am 04.08.2010 08:17, schrieb Bengt T:
>
> > I am planning to install virtualization sw into my laptop.
>
> > Which criterias should I consider when I compare different
> > alternatives (Wmware, Virtualbox, Xen...) and which are the pros and
> > cons?
>
> If it just concerns a few simple tests or some parallelly working OS I'd
> recommend VirtualBox. No special kernels and easy GUI-based administration.
>
> CU,
> Mészi.

I really like Virtual box too for development and testing purposes. It
won my recent VM software test in the easiest to use by far when you
don't read any of the documentation. I still find VMware clunky in
comparison and Xen/KVM are a bit more specialised.
From: Eef Hartman on 4 Aug 2010 04:31
Daniel Meszaros <spam(a)meszi.de> wrote:
> If it just concerns a few simple tests or some parallelly working OS I'd
> recommend VirtualBox. No special kernels and easy GUI-based administration.

Although you _do_ need a special kernel driver (but that is true
for almost all of the virtualization packages).
By using the OBS (openSUSE Build Service) repo, you do not have to
compile those yourself, though:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSUSE_11.?
(fill in the right subversion of your openSUSE installation).

You must at least get the virtualbox-ose package and the one with
the kernel driver for YOUR kernel:
virtualbox-ose-host-kmp-default/desktop/pae/whatever

The non-ose (Open Source Edition, free but a bit behind vs. non-ose)
version you have to get from their site:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
and then compile the kernel driver yourself. Every kernel update
you'll have to repeat the latter. They DO have a rpm repo so that you
don't have to compile the whole package itself.
The website also details the differences between the ose and non-ose
editions.
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From: Vahis on 4 Aug 2010 10:15
On 2010-08-04, Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman(a)tudelft.nl> wrote:
>
> The non-ose (Open Source Edition, free but a bit behind vs. non-ose)
> version you have to get from their site:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
> and then compile the kernel driver yourself. Every kernel update
> you'll have to repeat the latter. They DO have a rpm repo so that you
> don't have to compile the whole package itself.
> The website also details the differences between the ose and non-ose
> editions.

I have been running the Sun and later the Oracle one because of its USB
support.

I'm using the opportunity to ask:

Has the OSE one been developed as for USB support?

There's also another thing in VBox that I haven't solved and that may well
lead to returning to VMWare server, I'm missing one of its features in VBox:

I was able to log out from my main machine sessions and leave the VMWare
virtual machines running. This is something I can't do with VBox.
The VBox machines are run like "applications run by the host user", not
like independent machines like they are under VMWare server.

I think it's been on some wish lists somewhere but I haven't heard any
news, I wonder if there's any development on that.

Vahis
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