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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: VMWare Workstation install
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:09:01
Message-Id: CAK2H+eedGk6Wxc5F1cmKOLidY4iS0FAzN31u3ym8xJ_O4CHSWA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Re: VMWare Workstation install by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 I took a quick look this morning. I think there is some support for
2 Win 7/8 on 64-bit systems. I am attempting to bring up KVM now. May
3 have something to say in a few days. Would be very helpful to know how
4 to convert a VB VM as full installed take a lot more time.
5
6 Cheers
7
8 On 2/4/15, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote:
9 > Rich Freeman posted on Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:02:02 -0500 as excerpted:
10 >
11 >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Tamas Karpati <tkarpati@×××××.com>
12 >> wrote:
13 >>>
14 >>> Thanks for your toughts. Following your suggestion I'm going to
15 >>> evaluate VB while experimenting a bit more with WS.
16 >>> I think I'll let them compete.
17 >>
18 >> If you're going to consider something new I'd certainly look at KVM as
19 >> well (libvirt/virt-manager/etc).
20 >
21 > Since I can't/won't agree to EULAs I don't run proprietary, and would
22 > strongly prefer KVM here. However...
23 >
24 > Last I knew KVM didn't support MS-based VMs. Has that changed? Because
25 > while if anything that's a positive for me, it's going to put KVM out of
26 > the running for many, if it's still true.
27 >
28 > And if kvm supports MS VMs now, I'd like to know that, as it could come
29 > in handy in the next thread like this, even if I'll never be using it
30 > myself (unless someone else, say an employer, is taking responsibility
31 > for that EULA thing I won't personally agree to). =:^)
32 >
33 > --
34 > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
35 > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
36 > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
37 >
38 >
39 >

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: VMWare Workstation install Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>