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virtual box



On 02/01/2009 09:47 AM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 09:53:29AM -0500, Stephen Adler wrote:
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>> Anyone had time to kick the tires of Virtual Box?
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> It seems a fair number of people have tried it and liked it well enough=
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> What I'm really curious about is whether there is any reason to migrate=
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> ~20 linux testing VMs from VMware Server to Virtualbox.  Has anybody ru=
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> both and have an opinion?
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I switched from VMWare server to Virtualbox because VMWare server=20
performed poorly on my laptop. I specifically installed it so I could=20
run RealPlayer so my wife could use the Big Brother feeds that are not=20
possible under Linux (either native or WINE). While it worked under=20
VMWare Server, it did not perform well where it worked ok under Virtualbo=
x.

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