Subj : Microsoft vs. open-source
To   : Nightfox
From : art
Date : Fri Jun 18 2010 08:14:00

  Re: Microsoft vs. open-source
  By: Nightfox to art on Thu Jun 17 2010 21:06:31

Hi Nightfox,

 > I haven't messed with Linux in a while, but I've considered running it in a
 > virtual machine rather than giving it its own partition, since I mainly use
 > Windows.  It seems like that might be a more convenient way to use Linux
 > when I
 > want/need to.

I'm with you 100% there. As far as my desktop machine, I tend to prefer Windows
7. However with Virtualbox in integrated mode, I can run Win 7 as a guest OS
and then XP and Linux as integrated guests. Being able to pause them to reboot
the host is an added bonus of having them as VMs.

One thing to note is that virtualbox now supports D3D on windows guests, so if
you still prefer to run Linux hosts, Windows 3D performance in guests are
greatly improved these days.

I've been considering decommissioning the physical machine used to host Fatcats
BBS, and doing a P2V (physical to virtual) and running it in a VM--does anyone
run their boards out of VMs currently? I'd be interested to hear some opinions
of your experiences...

Kind regards,
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