[NBLUG/talk] [WLUG] free virtual server

Dan Pritts danno at umich.edu
Fri May 4 13:49:21 PDT 2007


"Vmware desktop" is not cheap but is the most mature solution for
what you want.

"VMWare server"  is free and can do what you want, i think. 
I believe it has limitations as a desktop solution.

"vmware player" is free, and i think misses most of the limitations of 
the vmware server but cannot actually create a VM.  I think you can
create a VM under vmware server that works on player.  I am 99% sure
you can get a free demo license for vmware desktop, create a vm, and
then use it with vmware player.  Or you maybe could get a vm image
from someone who has the full product.



"parallels workstation" is $49 and is a competitor to vmware desktop.
It is from the company that makes the only working virtualization
solution on the mac.


"Win4Lin pro desktop" is $69 and is another competitor.  It is based
on QEMU.  

I used an older version of their software that ran win9x
only, and required a module in your linux kernel.  THe current
version runs 2000/xp (doesn't specifically list vista) and doesn't
require kernel mods, runs in user space only.  



Win4Lin was an excellent company to deal with, they provided great
support and hosted and were active on a user mailing list for the
product.


vmware is very corporate and high-dollar; the free products are no
doubt unsupported.  However, their stuff is very high quality in my
experience. 


I don't konw anything significant about parallels.


Vmware requires kernel mods; I am not sure about parallels.




On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 04:26:18PM -0400, Jack Smith wrote:
> I'm sure that this has been covered many times, but what is out there for
> free (or cheap) that will let me run a Windows partition on my Linux box.
> I'm running 64-bit core 5, if it matters.
> Thanks,
> Jack
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