[Discuss] Thinkpad T60p and Kubuntu

[Ronald Schouten]

For me, VirtualBox was easier to get running than VMServer - and that was
the main selling point. It does support snapshots, but I'm not sure about
templates.

Ron

On 12/10/2007, Jeremy Kiffiak <jeremy at truesolutions.ca> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> On the subject of virtualization I have only used VMWare software
> "seriously" myself.  However, from what you are describing it sounds
> like Wine is the right choice for you.  It is very simply to install
> and setup on Ubuntu, especially 7.10.   I would imagine tt will also
> chew up far less system resources then a full blown VM and guest OS.
> If you can get away with running Wine then do it.
>
> Jeremy
>
> ps:  Ron & Chris:  I have never used Virtualbox.  Does Virtualbox
> support taking snapshots of VM's?  Creating VM templates for easily
> creating new VM's?  I am asking because I am currently looking at
> purchasing a VM server for myself.  What other features/info can you
> give me about Virtualbox that would be compelling as a current VMWare
> user?
>
> On 12-Oct-07, at 2:47 PM, Michael wrote:
>
> > Hello all, nice to see things are working again. Congrats to the
> > admins!
> >
> >     I am waiting on delivery of a Thinkpad T60p, which I plan on
> > putting
> > Kubuntu 7.10 on. This represents my long planned move away from
> > Mandriva
> > towards the Ubuntu efforts. I have done a ton of research to make sure
> > things will go smoothly, but I always like to get the opinions and
> > experiences of others ... so ... what I would like to know is this;
> >
> >     1. Have any of you had any experience with Thinkpads in the recent
> > past? I have done a lot of research to make sure that things will go
> > smoothly, but reality and what we learn on the intertubes are
> > seldom the
> > same animal. In particular I am concerned with the ATI FireGL graphics
> > card ... it seems to be supported via both the vendor and a few open
> > source projects, but until I see it I am hesitant to believe it.
> >
> >     2. Recommendations and opinions regarding VMware vs. Virtual
> > Box vs.
> > Xen for use in Kubuntu to guest XP Pro. I am completely new at
> > virtualization, and am therefore looking for the easiest to implement
> > virtualization environment to run my extremely seldom used XP
> > software.
> > To give some perspective on this, if it looks to be too onerous I will
> > instead spend my time figuring out Wine, and simply do platform
> > testing
> > on my wife's system. The software I would be using most I know to be
> > quite functional in Wine.
> >
> >     That's it. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or tips,
> > and in
> > case anyone is wondering, I am making slow but happy progress with the
> > Python self-education. :-)
> >
> >     Michael.
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