I use VirtualBox on a couple of machines. My primary ise is testing various distributions. I also use one virtual machine for isolating some club work and one to test network booting via PXE. Never had a problem with any of it. I did use vmware once when building a server with IPCOP in a VM. It was ok, but once I tried VirtualBox, I never looked back. It was just easier, On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:39 AM, Brian Weaver wrote: > Look at VMware player for VMware product that can be installed on Linux or > Windows and used to create and run virtual machines. Older versions did not > support creating VMs, but the newer versions now allows this. > > > > On Oct 24, 2011, at 12:23 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > > > I've been using virtualbox for roughly 3 years or so for "production", > and no complaints really. I was pleasantly surprised to find multi-monitor > support is pretty good for using win7 inside a vm with several display > windows on ubuntu even with quirky ati video an 6 monitors. I use > virtualbox daily for work with an old xp build for visio and random obscure > windoze software I need, and never had a problem with it. > > > > I'd originally moved to it because vmware server 2.x was/is a basketcase > for usability on workstaitons in most cases, and there wasn't enough reason > to continue to use keygen'd vmware workstation. Reason I wanted workstation > was to try unity in the quest to have visio outside of xp (the only thing > left I *really* need windoze for), and it simply never worked without > crashing x horribly. > > > > I never looked back or was given reason to do so using virtualbox, other > than personal distaste for larry ellison post oracle borging of sun... > > > > -mb > > > > > > On 10/23/2011 11:27 PM, Nathan England wrote: > >> Hello Hello, > >> > >> I have been a longtime user of VirtualBox for windows virtualization in > >> linux. I do not require a lot, I use it basically for testing web apps > >> in IE. I don't do Netflix or the sort, but my new Galaxy S has Netflix > >> on it, so I signed up for a free trial just to try it out on the phone. > >> Which got me playing with it in the virtual machine as well. > >> > >> With all the talk lately about VirtualBox being trash (new to me, like I > >> said, happy customer for years!) I decided I would look into other > >> things and see what I must be missing because apparently the product > >> that has worked so well for me these last several years is apparently > >> "junk"... > >> > >> I remember a while back I used Vmware Server which was free, but now I > >> see they have a couple different offerings. > >> > >> My question is, what do you use and why? Which Vmware product is best > >> for the basic usage I want and maybe trying Netflix in. My laptop has a > >> 40GB SSD so I am willing to give up a few gigs to a windows install > >> inside a vm, which I need for testing anyway, but I'm not about to > >> dual-boot. > >> > >> I appreciate your feed back. > >> > >> Nathan > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson