[Discuss] Experiences virtualizing: Linux hosted in Windows vs Windows hosted in Linux

[Bill Bogstad]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/14/2015 11:56 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
>> So would that be a "yes"?
>
> Will it work? Yes.
>
> Will it work well? Not really. Memory management for Windows 95/98/Me is
> a mess and it noticeably hinders performance in virtual machines
> compared to Windows 2000 and XP with the same virtual resources.

Of course modern machines are 10x (or more) faster then the machines
that Win 9X was originally used with so that may not matter depending
on your application.   In the end, the only way to know for sure is to
try it.

Bill Bogstad