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:Mad Penguin: The Future of Virtualization On Linux
Mad Penguin: The Future of Virtualization On Linux
Sep 7, 2006, 01 :30 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (8864 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Hartley)

[ Thanks to Toby L. for this link. ]

"When I first started writing about this, my goal was to do a review on Win4Lin and offer my findings to you. As luck would have it, Win4Lin and the latest version of the Ubuntu kernel had other ideas in mind. To say that it left a bad taste in my mouth would be an understatement, I think.

Now, this leaves us with a seriously valid question--just how worthwhile is the virtualization offered by VMware and Win4Lin? Granted, for the developer, VMWare can prove to be invaluable if you need to bounce back-and-forth quickly. However, let us not forget that we are using Linux because that is the choice we made--working on an alternative OS..."

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What was this article supposed to be abo ...   Huh ?   
oldgeek
Sep 7, 2006, 02:19:33
 
This article is not very good.  It's ...   Re: Huh ?   
linuxamp
Sep 7, 2006, 06:40:01
 
I use vmWare to experiment with differen ...   Double Huh?   
Wonderbird
Sep 7, 2006, 15:42:25
 
I think the most important reason you wo ...   Your going about it wrong   
hurt
Sep 7, 2006, 16:48:38
 
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