Running windows programs under Linux

Tue Aug 26 14:51:37 UTC 2014

Oh, I forgot to mention that SPICE VDI highly recommends a 64-bit host and
guest. It is too slow with 32-bits...

On 26 August 2014 11:46, Martinx - ジェームズ <thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com> wrote:

> BTW, to make your KVM Windows guests faster, you'll need to isntall it
> using the para-virtual drivers, called VirtIO, during the Windows
> Installation. To achieve that, you'll need to install Windows with two
> virtual CDs, first CD with Windows ISO, second with with the VirtIO drivers.
>
> CD 2 Source:
> http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/virtio-win-0.1-81.iso
>
> Also, you can enable SPICE VDI consoles, with makes your Windows guest
> video screen really fast!
>
> Source:
>
>
> http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/spice-guest-tools/spice-guest-tools-0.74.exe
>
>
>
> On 26 August 2014 07:28, Martinx - ジェームズ <thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> > ‚º 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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