To Tux or not to Tux (VM's)

[James Dugger]

Sorry QEMU ... stupid auto correction.
On Apr 20, 2016 10:06 AM, "James Dugger" <james.dugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the past VBox's GuestAdditions plugin for file sharing between host and
> guest systems has had latency issues and even file corruption when the
> shared folders had a lot of files to manage.  Is this still a problem in
> VBox.  I don't recall this issue in QUEMC, though admittedly it has been a
> while since I have used the later.
> On Apr 20, 2016 7:30 AM, "Stephen Partington" <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> depends on the version/edition of windows. Most OEM copies are not sold
>> with licencing to be run on a VM but some Enterprise editions do allow for
>> such things.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Question :  I have several Dell desktops and several Dell laptops that
>>> came with Windows.  I've replaced almost all of them with Linux.  I do have
>>> a need for Windows on occasion.  I do have VirtualBox configured on my
>>> desktop and laptop.  I'd like to install Windows in a guest on VirtualBox.
>>> Can I use the OEM copy or do I need to find an image some place on the net?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2016-04-19 12:12, Wayne D wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/19/2016 10:15 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Use virtualbox with "seamless" mode, all the windoze apps run windowed
>>>>> to be less annoying overall, and you can hide the disgrace
>>>>> mostly of still using it.  :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1 vote each for VirtualBox and QEMU
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pro's and Con's of each?
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>>
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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