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Re: VMware v VirtualBox

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On 03/12/2017 03:38 PM, Don Y wrote:
> On 3/12/2017 8:39 AM, bitrex wrote:
>> On 03/12/2017 12:34 AM, Don Y wrote:
>>> A colleague asked for my opinions of the two.  But, I only
>>> run VMware.  Some googling turns up LOTS of hits re: this
>>> issue.  But, all seem to be pretty "sterile" writings.
>>>
>>> Anyone with experience with *both* (or, who left one in favor
>>> of the other) to share some first-hand experiences?
>>>
>>> [AFAICT, he's looking for this as a way of supporting legacy
>>> tools w/o dedicating hardware to the task]
>>
>> For just a single machine to supporting legacy tools, rather than
>> "enterprise"
>> I prefer VirtualBox.
>
> Why?  (As I say, my only experience is with VMware -- and Sun's Chimera,
> but
> that's a different fish)  I'd imagine building the first virtual machine is
> a bit of an effort in *either* environment.  But, thereafter, just "more of
> the same"

It's dead-simple in Vbox. Select the size you want for the new image 
drive, choose the amount of system memory to be allocated to your 
machine, select an ISO file and let it install to the virtual drive, and 
hit "start machine."

Once inside the VM you can download and install the "Guest Addons" 
package which adds stuff like shared host folders, USB passthru and 2D 
acceleration for desktop graphics.

After that it's the same as configuring any other physical machine

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VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-11 22:34 -0700
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-12 11:39 -0400
    Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-12 12:38 -0700
      Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-12 15:51 -0400
        Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-12 14:23 -0700
          Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-13 10:21 -0400
            Re: VMware v VirtualBox Gerhard Hoffmann <ghf@hoffmann-hochfrequenz.de> - 2017-03-13 16:57 +0100
            Re: VMware v VirtualBox Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-03-13 17:37 -0500
              Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-13 17:20 -0700
    Re: VMware v VirtualBox Martin Riddle <martin_ridd@verizon.net> - 2017-03-12 16:08 -0400
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-12 15:37 -0400
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-03-13 11:18 +0000
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-03-13 17:33 -0500
    Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-14 09:42 -0700

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