[ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy

Kris Douglas webbox.uk at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 11:29:24 BST 2007


On 25/10/2007, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 25/10/2007, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Pete,
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 09:28 +0100, Pete Stean wrote:
> > > yes I can report that Virtualbox is much improved, and faster than
> > > VMware (at least on my machine) - this product is maturing nicely, so
> > > it might be time for a switch. Why not check it out and see what you
> > > think...
> >
> > I rather like the way vmware-server operates in that the virtual machine
> > stays running in the background even if I log out and I can just connect
> >
> > to it either locally or remotely. In my brief experience with
> > virtualbox, it seems it doesn't operate in quite the same way. If it
> > did, I would definitely switch.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tony.
> > --
> > Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester,
> > IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
> > T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039
> > E: tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk , H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold
> >
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
>
> I was looking to install Vi
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>       Web: www.softdel.net
>       Mail: kris at softdel.net


Sorry about that, I was looking to install Virtual Box on my machine, but I
need to know whether it supports usb devices *cough* ipod touch *cough*.

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Kris Douglas
      Softdel Limited Hosting Services

      Web: www.softdel.net
      Mail: kris at softdel.net
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