Which VM?

Joep L. Blom jlblom at neuroweave.nl
Sat Oct 31 23:13:40 UTC 2009


NoOp wrote:
> On 10/31/2009 10:49 AM, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
>> 10/31/2009 07:31 PM, stan:
>>> What's the collective wisdom of the list on this? Which VM should I use?
>> Ubuntu's Official choice is KVM:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM
>>
>>
> 
> You do realize of course that your hardware must be able to support
> KVM... right?
> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page
> <quote>
> KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution
> for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT
> or AMD-V).
> </quote>
> 
> Don't waste your time if your hardware won't support it:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation
> [How to check if your CPU supports hardware virtualisation]
> 
> My vote is for VirtualBox (PEUL version).
> 
> 
> 
I agree with noop. I run virtualbox (PUEL) for half a year with various 
OS'es and it works very well and is easy to use.
Joep





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