Hi everyone.I currently have a dual boot pc (Win xp and Suse 10.2), I am
thinking about using virtualization instead of ntfs partition, to see
how it would work out. But the problem is that I don’t know what
software to search for exactly. What I would like is: some free
virtualization software that runs on suse 10.2 in which I could install
win xp and it’s programs. I don’t need any server, I would just like to
be able to run customized xp via some free virtualization to get rid of
ntfs partition. Any help much appreciated.
Try virtualbox in yast get virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-guest-tool xorg-x11-driver-virtualbox-ose
and virtualbox-ose-kmp-your kernel (probably default)
Read more ‘here’ (http://en.opensuse.org/VirtualBox)
Geoff
arcull;1905851 Wrote:
> Hi everyone.I currently have a dual boot pc (Win xp and Suse 10.2), I am
> thinking about using virtualization instead of ntfs partition, to see
> how it would work out. But the problem is that I don’t know what
> software to search for exactly. What I would like is: some free
> virtualization software that runs on suse 10.2 in which I could install
> win xp and it’s programs. I don’t need any server, I would just like to
> be able to run customized xp via some free virtualization to get rid of
> ntfs partition. Any help much appreciated.
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Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz - 4GB DDR2 - 1.8 TB - GeForce 7600 GS - OS 11
x86_64 - KDE 4.181 (release1.1)
Yeah VirtualBox is great ;), but i think it’s only a good choice if you
are not using programms that directly working with the hardware (e.g.
Music Producing Software: to record music from an external soundcard)
Thank you guys, VirtualBox really looks great,already tried it :). Just
one more question, is VirtualBox really free to use, because I saw
VMWare Desktop isn’t free, it offers just a free trial, has VirtualBox
same type of licence? Thanks again.
Yes it’s open source like openSUSE. VMware has an open source version
‘vmplayer’ (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/)
And there are apps to download. But VirtualBox is better IMHO as you
can configure it which is not possible with vmplayer
Geoff
arcull;1905970 Wrote:
> Thank you guys, VirtualBox really looks great,already tried it :). Just
> one more question, is VirtualBox really free to use, because I saw
> VMWare Desktop isn’t free, it offers just a free trial, has VirtualBox
> same type of licence? Thanks again.
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Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz - 4GB DDR2 - 1.8 TB - GeForce 7600 GS - OS 11
x86_64 - KDE 4.181 (release1.1)
geoffro;1905981 Wrote:
> Yes it’s open source like openSUSE. VMware has an open source version
> ‘vmplayer’ (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/)
> And there are apps to download. But VirtualBox is better IMHO as you
> can configure it which is not possible with vmplayer
>
> Geoff
did you sure vmware player is opensource? AFAIK it free from payment
not free as a bear (opensource) open virtual machine tools is
opensource…
There are two versions of VirtualBox.
The OSE (Open Source Edition), which is licenced under the GPL and
available in the OSS-Repo as like as in the Community-Repository
(Virtualization) and the Closed Source Version, you can get from
the ‘homepage’ (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads).
I would suggest you to install it from the Virtualization-Repo
because the Version from the OSS-Repo is out of date and doesn’t
support 64-Bit guest operating systems. The Closed Source Version
is only intersting to you if you like to use USB-Support.
