Re: [Nolug] VirtualBox on Linux

Just throwing this out there because I'm still researching...KVM any
experiences there?

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>wrote:

> Trying to do:
>
> At this point, I'm in testing phase because I don't have the experience to
> go full bore.
>
> The GOAL for now:
>
> To experiment with some systems to determine if virtualization is a viable
> option for my company. Of course we have some peripherals that are special
> cases (but so far that's not an issue), and some software that can be
> cranky, but not demanding on computing resources. The problem is we're
> losing the older hardware at about a computer a month. If I can virtualize
> those systems and it works well, then we might be looking to virtualize
> everything. I'd love to centralize the OS and Apps management.
>
> I don't need the small linux to run VirtualBox. It just needs to be able
> to RDP and that's it. After that, the heavy lifting will be on the servers.
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Mischa D. Krilov <rossum@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Looks like Puppy can do Virtualbox, too. I've had more out-of-the-ISO
>> success with Puppy over DSL on older laptops.
>>
>> http://puppylinux.org/wikka/VirtualBox
>>
>> Last time I played with VB on OSX hosting XP, low memory was a big
>> factor. Don't forget to turn off any eye candy in your guest OS.
>> Depending on what network resources your guest OS needs to access
>> (printers, file servers, domain controllers, etc.), you'll probably
>> need to set the virtual NIC to get a real IP from your network rather
>> than from your machine- It's called Bridged mode.
>>
>> Don't forget to have a good naming convention for your VMs if you have
>> more than a small handfull.
>>
>> What are you trying to do, out of curiosity?
>>
>> Mischa
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