Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?

[Odd <iodine@runbox.no>]

Michal wrote:
> On 02/02/2010 14:07, Celejar wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:28:28 +0300 Mihamina Rakotomandimby
> > <mihamina@gulfsat.mg> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > But who would virtualize on a netbook?
> > I haven't actually done this, but I can think of an obvious use
> > case where I'd like to: running Windows software on a Linux
> > netbook.  I understand that I won't enjoy running the latest
> > Windows with all its bells and whistles and the latest 3d game on
> > top of that, but surely it ought to be feasible to run an older
> > Windows and some not very demanding application on top of it?
> >
> > Celejar
>
> Some notebooks have trouble running flash websites, or streaming
> sites like 4OD and iplayer, let alone another OS

Yeah, the Atom processor is very underpowered for such tasks.
Another thing is the screen estate. 9-10" is just too small to do
any serious virtualization, at least with desktop OSes. Running
Debian as a guest, without X otoh..

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Odd