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On Thursday 09 March 2006 17.22, Marco Matthies wrote: |
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> You might also want to check out qemu[1], which is free and is in |
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> portage -- the main difference is a somewhat more spartanic user interface. |
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> Just remember to use the kernel module kqemu as well for adequate speed |
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> (somewhat less than vmware at the moment, but it is going to get to |
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> vmware levels pretty soon). |
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I haven't tried qemu on Gentoo yet - my previous testing (with or without |
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kernel module) showed a dramatic lack of speed (at least when powering a |
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virtual machine running Windows). |
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I'm a supporter of open source, but there *are* closed source programs that |
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perform better sometime (note that there also are closed source programs that |
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perform worse...) |
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But I'll keep an eye on quemu - that by the way I believe is free but not |
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really open source, but maybe I'm mistaking. |
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Thierry |
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a |
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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the |
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safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Frank Zappa |
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