[olug] VMWare Player vs VirtualBox

[Jon Larsen]

I recently used phpvirtualbox on a project and found it worked well for my 
needs, running on a box in a closet.

https://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/


On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Dave Rowe wrote:

> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:36:36 -0600
> From: Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com>
> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] VMWare Player vs VirtualBox
> 
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> 
> > I know some people just hate the "VMWare corporate image" - if you're one
> > of
> > them, then VirtualBox is your choice...er, um, wait, VirtualBox is owned by
> > Oracle now that they've bought Sun.  That's a "Rock & A Hard Place"
> > decision
> > for some...
> >
> > Conclusion?  I'm going to stick with VMWare Player for my personal
> > workstation needs.
> >
> > Just my $0.02 cents.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> 
> I was a long-time VirtualBox user, and recently gave KVM a shot.  I'm not
> looking back.  We use a development VM image for work, based on Ubuntu, and
> with KVM it's practically instant on.
> 
> Plus, using Virtual Machine Manager, the VMs run headless, then, if I need
> console access to the VM, I open up the utility, double-click the VM, and I
> get a console window.  Runs Vista just fine for when I need to do 'other'
> testing.
> 
> I'd seriously consider it if you have a recent processor with VT-x enabled.
> 
> -Dave
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