Running windows programs under Linux

[Martinx - ジェームズ]

Xen-4.4 is very difficulty to maintain, because there is no Libvirt
support. So, no virt-manager... You'll need to maintain it by hand, editing
the VM config files and etc...   :-/


On 25 August 2014 16:46, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:39:23 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not
> for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM describes it as oriented toward
> > server virtualization, and recommends VirtualBox, Parallels Workstation
> > (or Parallels Desktop for Mac), or VMware Player/Server for other
> > applications.
> >
> > Does your experience differ from that?
>
> I use XEN (similar to KVM in some ways) on my CentOS 5 *desktop*.  It is
> *far
> easier* (for me) to deal with and manage virtual machines. While the
> desktop
> machine does run 24/7, the VMs generally don't.
>
> I do use KVM on a CentOS 6 server and have one VM running Ubuntu 14.04
> that is
> itself also a server.
>
> I expect that when I get around to upgrading my CentOS 5 desktop to CentOS
> 6,
> I will use KVM.
>
> I have used VBox on a Debian 7 machine.  VBox is a total pain in the ass to
> deal with -- I really didn't like it at all.  I have used VMware system way
> back when and it too was a pain in the ass to deal with.  What XEN and KVM
> bring are the ability to use 'real logical disks' for the VM's disk space
> (I
> use LVM logical volumes), which means doing backups is straight forward: I
> can
> create a LVM snapshop volumn and then mount and back that up like a
> 'normal'
> filesystem, whether the VM is running or not.
>
> +1 for KVM...
>
> >
> > On 8/25/2014 1:18 PM, Martinx -
> > ‚¸
> > ‚§
> > ƒ¼
> > ƒ
> > ⼠wrote:
> > > +1 for KVM...
> > >
> > > You just need to run: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-virt
> > >
> > > ...to have a fully operation, working out-of-the-box, hypervisor.
> > >
> > > It will run much better/smooth than VirtualBox or VMWare.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 25 August 2014 06:05, BONNET, Frank <frank.bonnet at esiee.fr
> > > <mailto:frank.bonnet at esiee.fr>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     Hello
> > >     Have a look to KVM it's free
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >     2014-08-24 18:19 GMT+02:00 Peter Goggin <petergoggin at bigpond.com
> > >     <mailto:petergoggin at bigpond.com>>:
> > >
> > >         I have installed ubuntu 14.04 on my test machine and installed
> > >         Wine. I can get my Genealogy program(FTW) to install and run
> > >         properly. I cannot get the transcription program I use
> > >         (WinBMD7) to run after installing. The install creates two
> > >         shortcuts on the desktop and neither runs the program. I have
> > >         opened the directories under .wine and tried to run the
> > >         executables, using wine program loader, but again the program
> > >         would not start.
> > >
> > >         Since I cannot find a direct replacement for MS Access I am
> > >         considering running Windows in a virtual machine. I understand
> > >         that the two main programs are VMWare and VirtualBox. Most of
> > >         my laptops have 2Gb of memory. Will this be sufficient to
> > >         allow me to have Ubuntu as the main OS and run Windows XP in a
> > >         virtual machine? Both the ubuntu and the windows are 32 bit
> > >         versions.
> > >
> > >
> > >         Regards
> > >
> > >         Peter Goggin
> > >         I
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