Re: VMWare alternative

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Author: Mike
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: VMWare alternative
Dan Lund wrote:
> So, I've been experimenting with an application called VirtualBox by
> Innotek. (free download, open source edition available, etc etc)
> I've been using it at work on my CentOS 5 laptop in order to run WinXP
> for some of the in-house windows apps we are required to use on a
> daily basis for change management, etc. One thing that I really like
> about it is something called "seamless mode" which integrates the
> windows desktop into your linux desktop pretty slick-like. I have the
> Windows taskbar at the top, my KDE bar at the bottom and outlook 2K7
> open next to Firefox on Linux. For me, it runs at what appears to be
> native speed....
>
> Anyway, I wanted to throw that little tidbit of information out to the
> group... and if you knew about it, consider it a reminder it still
> exists lol
>
> www.virtualbox.org is the website.
>
> --Dan
>
>


Wow, thanks!

I can't believe I never heard of this thing before. I'm running Debian
Unstable and a quick apt-get + modules-assistant for the kernel module
had it running perfectly in no time.

-Mike
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