Re: virtualization software for windows

[James]

On 07/12/2010 16:35, Valentin Villenave wrote:
> So I guess LilyBuntu is
> primarily aimed at Windows users (at least, I haven't heard of any
> contributor who might be running lilybuntu under OSX, but I'm waiting
> to be proved wrong).

:)

Me.

I use VirtualBOX with LilyBuntu on OSX at home all the time and Virtual 
BOX on Windows while in the office.

Virtualbox is really smooth on OSX, it's lightweight and zippy enough, 
and to be honest until it stops working with OSX I'll stick with version 
3.latest and avoid going to 4.x if it really does remove stuff. However 
reading the blurb that was sent earlier, I barely use most of the 
'extras' anyway, I just need a VM with Linux on it. USB support? PAH! 
I'll just used the shared folder (vboxmount) and pass it to the Host 
Desktop and copy anything I need there.

I did use VMware Fusion (VMware's desktop Virtuazliation for OSX) until 
they bloated wit with v3.x, it's a commercial product but worked well 
until Snow Leopard.

I suppose OSX users have 'boot camp' but I simply cannot be bothered to 
re-partition my hard disk, and parallels (another OSX Commercial Virtual 
Platform) will work too.

I'm always open to new stuff but am getting less and less inclined 'just 
for the sake of it' as I get older.

So I'd recommend Virtual Box for OSX and see what happens when they go 
to v4.x, if they release it anyway for free but charge for modules, you 
may not need them anyway. I guess the killer would be to remove the 
Network interface between the Host and the Guest. That WOULD be a show 
stopper.

James