Re: Virtual noobie

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 19 August 2015 00:48:56 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > My experience of virtualization has been with Vmware "player"
> > running on Windows. This is, for me, rather neat since I can
> > easily create instances of *bsd flavors from the relevant
> > install iso's.
> >
> > I need advice on how to do this on Jessie. What Debian
> > virtualization packages do people like? I guess I should say I
> > am looking for a host package that runs on linux, and supports
> > *bsd guests.
> >
> > All suggestions will receive fair and impartial consideration!
>
> VirtualBox.  It's easy, and installs and runs like an app.  However, I
> don't use the version in the Debian repo.  I download directly from the
> VirtualBox web site, and have its installer set everything up, etc.
> Be sure to read, study and follow the instructions.
>
> B

I too use VirtualBox and concur in recommending using the upstream version.

Lisi