What's the quickest and/or best virtualization software to run Windows under linux?

cwncool · 12-06-2006, 05:52 PM

I would really like to switch my Windows Desktop to running linux as the main operating system, but there are a few windows apps I'd like to run (that won't work in wine). What would be the best and/or fastest running, free virtualization program (i.e. VMWare) to do this? Thanx!

kdrlx · 12-06-2006, 11:32 PM

this link should help --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...rtual_machines

my experience - vmware-server (free but closed-source)or bochs (free and open-source), you might want to get the kqemu module for some speed.

enine · 12-07-2006, 07:57 AM

If all you want to do is run windows, then download the vmware player. Its free and the smallest package. Its just not easy to set things up.
Then download the syllable guest. Extract it and edit the .vmx file and change the line pointing to the syllable iso to your cd drive with the XP cd or an iso of it, then bring up the syllable virtual machine, reboot it and hit f2 to enter the virtual bios and set the boot order so it boots from cd. This has been asked on vmware's forums if its ok and they are fine with it.