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[Discuss] Are there any no-cost vm's still out there?



If you want to run Windows as a VM on a Linux host, there's always KVM.
It's all native Linux, no proprietary licenses to worry about.

I've used it to run Linux guest VMs, but a quick google search turns up a
bunch of links about running a Windows 7 guest under KVM.



On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net> wrote:

> I'm starting a new thread instead of hijacking the os x = poop thread.
>
> Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>
>>  Hi Ed,
>>
>
>   How do you like vmware?  I?ve been using virtualbox for years but I heard
>>  recently there?s only one dev really maintaining it.  Too big a project
>> for that.
>>  I wonder if it will be discontinued soon?
>>
>
>
> My question: does VMWare or Virtualbox still offer no-cost software for
> home/personal use? I'd like to run both Linux and Windows 7 (for all the
> usual reasons), but I don't know if I can do it without paying for a VM.
> TIA.
>
> Bill
>
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