Virtual Machines

[Michael Haney]

On 10/16/2010 05:49 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> Thierry de Coulon wrote:
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>> On Saturday 16 October 2010, Ted Hilts wrote:
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>> If you use bridged networking you should be able to setup your virtual machine
>> just like a standalone one.
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>> Note that there are two versions of Virtualbox, the "OSE" one with limitations
>> but fully free, the other one usually not being distributed with Linux
>> distributions but available on the virtualbox site.
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>> Then you could try Parallels and VMWare, they both have strength but they do
>> cost money and are closed source. Both sould be available as trial software,
>> so why not give them a try?
>>
>> Thierry
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> Actually VMware Server and Vmware Player are free (not Open Source). I
> use VMware Player without any problems for over a year now and find it
> more stable that Virtualbox (but the last version I used was 2009).
> Joep
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But, aren't you limited to using pre-packaged virtual machines with 
VMware Player?  You can't just start it up, create a virtual drive, and 
install an OS.  You have to find and download an existing one.