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Old 04-15-2009, 01:12 PM   #1
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Free virtual server for desktop?

I'm familiar with VMWare but its way too expensive. I haven't decided on a distro yet, it'll either be Ubuntu or Fedora Core 10. Does anyone know a good virtual server program that can be used onone of these distros that is either really cheap, or even better free?
 
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virtualbox, qemu
 
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You can also get a free version of VMWare: http://register.vmware.com/content/download-109.html

I'd still recommend VirtualBox over it, though.
 
Old 04-15-2009, 10:25 PM   #4
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Fedora comes with Xen and KVM/Qemu.

I recommend VirtualBox too, though.
 
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Virtual Box it is. Does that come in an rpm or a tar.gz format? Where can I get it?
Thanks guys!!
 
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Virtual Box it is. Does that come in an rpm or a tar.gz format? Where can I get it?
Thanks guys!!
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vir...ient=firefox-a
 
  


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