[!! SPAM] RE: Virtualization recommendation

[Michael Ben-Nes]

For me it works well with:
Ubuntu host + winXP 1GB  guest + win7 1.5GB guest ( at the same time ).

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM, David Suna <david at davidsconsultants.com>wrote:

> 4GB should be enough.  Right?
>
> David Suna
> david at davidsconsultants.com
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> ronys wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> Here's another vote for VirtualBox. Using it in both Windows host / Linux
>> guest, Linux(64bit) / Linux(32bit) and Linux / Windows. Integration with
>> host is excellent. Support is also quick & responsive.
>>
>> You might want to make sure your laptop has a healthy amount of RAM,
>> regardless of the virtualization solution you choose.
>>
>> Rony
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-il-bounces at cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:
>> linux-il-bounces at cs.huji.ac.il]
>> On Behalf Of David Suna
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:53 AM
>> To: linux-il
>> Subject: Virtualization recommendation
>>
>> I just bought a new Gateway laptop that comes with Windows Vista (and a
>> free upgrade to Windows 7).  I want to be able to run both Linux (Ubuntu is
>> my preferred distribution) and Windows (Vista for now, Windows 7 in the
>> future) using virtualization.  I have not gotten into virtualization until
>> now so I wanted recommendations about how to go about doing this.
>>
>>> >From what I have read so far I have the following options:
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 1. Host on Windows using VMWare (either VMware Player or Workstation)
>>
>> 2. Host on Windows using Microsoft Virtual PC
>>
>> 3. Host on Linux using VMWare, Xen etc but then I have to deal with
>> installing Windows since the laptop comes with it but does not have separate
>> installation disks
>>
>>
>> Recommendations for or against any of the above or information about other
>> options that I left out would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
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