Virtualization recommendation

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Thursday 06 April 2006 2:05 pm, Bob - BLU wrote:
> On 4/6/2006 10:57 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > The question for the group is should I run XEN as the virtualization
> > engine (built in to SuSE 10) or VMWare (vmware player and vmware server
> > are now free).
>
> You can get an evaluation key for vmware workstation, download and play.
>
> For me, vmware just works, especially for taming ms-windows.  You will
> want to put as much ram into your laptop as is possible.
>
> I haven't tried xen yet, or the 'free' vmware server (beta 2).
VMWare player and VMWare server are free. I have no problem getting licenses 
for workstation. I have no need to run Windows. If I had the requirement 
for Windows, then VMWare would be todays answer. I may try Xen just because 
it is an OpenSource project and would also be skill building on my part

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