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Takla 02-01-2008 06:22 AM
VirtualBox for me. I used VmWare before but VirtualBox does everything I need and I think it's a little lighter on resources too (totally subjective). I think that if you need bridged networking VmWare is much easier to set up/use but I don't any more so I chose the one that's more freedom friendly.

archtoad6 02-01-2008 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by jlavrador (Post 3042226)
VirtualBox with no doubt, fast, light and free !
VirtualBox for me too, but, please, don't call it free w/o at least 2 qualifications:
  1. The proprietary side is not free for commercial use.
  2. The community side does not does not guarantee the freedom of any contributed code, at least so says a local Debian maintainer & Open Source developer.
#2 was pointed out to me when I, too, tried to tout the freedom of VirtualBox. He immediately looked up the license & made a complaint on the order of "they take it [your code] under a BSD license & give it back under the GPL". I think he meant that he wouldn't want to contribute because his code would also wind up inside the proprietary version.

His vote would go to qemu.

alkos333 02-01-2008 11:45 PM
Qemu for the win

Disillusionist 02-02-2008 02:49 AM
VMWare ESX Server for it's advanced features, stability, and great interface.

I know it's not free (or even cheap) but for business critical production servers it gets my vote every time.

For home I use VMWare Server, which is free, all you have to do is register.

The Konqi Kid 02-03-2008 06:01 AM
Virtualbox, I love it's simplicity, VMWare I know is free, but on my Windows Host it can pile on to my loading time

H_TeXMeX_H 02-15-2008 03:46 PM
VirtualBox or KVM depending on whether you have virtualization extension or not. I voted KVM (it probably has less votes).

LaughingBoy 02-16-2008 05:18 AM
This may not be the right thread for it, but does anyone know any Virtual Machine software that will permit a 64 bit client?

Vitalie Ciubotaru 02-16-2008 06:59 AM
qemu
Probably just because I didn't try any other VMs.

jlliagre 02-16-2008 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LaughingBoy (Post 3059062)
This may not be the right thread for it
Indeed, there isn't however a dedicated virtualization forum.
Quote:
but does anyone know any Virtual Machine software that will permit a 64 bit client?
I believe at least Xen and VMWare do allow that.

diilbert 02-16-2008 03:26 PM
VirtualBox. Funny enough I just discovered this one today and have fallen in love with it ;-)

LaughingBoy 02-17-2008 12:03 AM
Thanks but...
 
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Originally Posted by jlliagre (Post 3059564)
Indeed, there isn't however a dedicated virtualization forum.

I believe at least Xen and VMWare do allow that.
Yeah, the Xen thing is great, but isn't yet mature enough for mainstream VMs (IMHO), and VMWare lists it in their Workstation Datasheet... but VMWare Workstation isn't free, is it?

jlliagre 02-17-2008 01:28 AM
I believe it is free as free beer but not free as Open Source/libre software.

Disillusionist 02-17-2008 11:29 AM
No VMWare Workstation isn't free, but VMWare Server is.

jlliagre 02-17-2008 12:57 PM
You are right, thanks for correcting that. I was confusing Server and Server ESX which is non free.
VMWare player is free (no charge) too.

pilotgi 02-28-2008 08:16 PM
VirtualBox is great. Works on OSX too (beta).


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