Re: Games on a Redmond virtual machine.
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On Tuesday 11 March 2008, "Nuno Magalhães" <morceguinho@gmail.com> was
heard to say:
> Using virtual machines and emulators isn't unheard of, what i want
> to know is how and how good. Can i have a full Debian system
> running XP kinda like a chroot? Like running in a window in the
> desktop? What would i use? VMWare? Would that involve installing XP
> sepparately in its own partition or having it installed on top of
> Debian? I want to have the OS installed somehow, not emulated like
> with wine or something.
I've had excellent experience with VirtualBox. My Mom had me install
Debian because she was "sick and tired" of the shoddy software from
the Church of Redmond.
But (isn't there always a but?) she had one game for which there
simply was no Linux replacement.
Debian has VirtualBox "Open Source Edition" in the Sid repository, and
it was (as usual) gloriously easy to install. Church of Redmond
Xtremely Pathetic installed quickly and easily, and runs beautifully.
It installs into a disk image, so no partitioning is required. Your
stated system is vastly more than adequate.
However (isn't there always an however?), the Open Source Edition
doesn't do USB. VirtualBox itself is limited to a hard-coded screen
of 800x600. The closed-source VirtualBox is available prepackaged
from VirtualBox.org for Debian, and does access USB devices and is
free to use by individuals.
That's my experience. Allowing for the screen limitations, I'm very
pleased with how VirtualBox works. I have not used any other
virtualization products, others will have to give their input on
those.
Curt-
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