Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Wilks"
> <jonnyx10e3@???>
> To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Virtual Machine questions
>
>
>> Jack Knight wrote:
>>> Or of course my personal favourite, VirtualBox. It's free, does
>>> multiple
>>> snapshots, has lots of tweakable options and IMHO is faster than
>>> VMWare.
>>
>>
>> I agree on VirtualBox. I have found it to be very usable. The
>> following link was useful when setting it up.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox
>>
>> Jonny.
>>
> Agree completely on VirtualBox. I'm currently trying to get it to
> combine several boxes into one for me. The networking's a bit tricky
> (as a default only basic NAT i.e. email and web) is supported but I've
> found it fast, stable and very well documented. I've installed it on
> Ubuntu, FC8 and Windows XP without a problem.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
Nice to hear several similar views. I am particularly attracted by
"fast, stable and very well documented."
I'll give VMware Player a go first as I've used it (briefly) before.
However irrespective of whether it does the job, I'll certainly check
out VirtualBox.
Russell
