VMPlayer

[Doug Hunley]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:52, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> Anyone else experimented with VMPlayer software? I run Ubuntu 9.10 and
> Debian Squeeze on my desktop, and obtained a copy of Windows 7, so wanted to
> try a virtual install. First install was on Ubuntu, where I created my
> virtual machine on a mounted partition. Then installed VMPlayer on Debian. I
> am able to play this virtual machine from both distros, after insuring that
> the partition is mounted.
>
> So far it seems to run well, a bit better on Debian than Ubuntu, perhaps
> because it is 64bit, while my Ubuntu is 32bit, or maybe just because Debian
> is lighter weight. Disk access is a bit labored.
>
> Seems to be free.

I used to use VMPlayer, but found that recent VirtualBox is much
snappier and, quite frankly, I like it's VM creation process a hell of
a lot better. I also have had less trouble with vbox's kernel modules
compiling on bleeding edge kernels

$0.02
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Douglas J Hunley, RHCT
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