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2010/1/27 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> |
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> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Marko Obrovac <marko.obrovac@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Hello Mark, |
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> > 2010/1/26 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> |
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> >> |
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> >> Hi, |
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> >> OK - with the new machine up and running well enough to do some |
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> >> work I really need to get some sort of virtualization going to see if |
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> >> I can get around the fact that XP cannot be installed on this machine. |
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> >> (at least not easily) I need to run TradeStation and I'd like to try |
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> >> under Linux but Wine is ABSOLUTELY not an option. |
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> >> I ran XP & TS on my older system (5 year old 3GHz AMD64) but it's |
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> >> been a long time since I tried it. The performance was just OK. I |
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> >> expect this machine may be acceptable. |
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> >> |
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> >> To anyone familiar with this subject a few questions: |
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> >> 1) If I go the VMWare route is it vmware-workstation that I want? |
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> > AFAIK, vmware-workstation is the not license-free, so you'll have to |
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> invest |
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> > some money in it. You might want to try vmware-player (if you want to go |
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> the |
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> > vmware way). It is free, but it comes with restrictions. The major |
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> > disadvantage is - you can't create your own images, you can only "play" |
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> > them. |
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> The last time I looked at this (maybe a year ago?) I decided that the |
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> vmware-workstation would let a home user run something like two |
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> instances without charges. Not free in that I'm limited to something |
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> specific but no cost. (Is that free beer? It certainly doesn't sound |
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> like Free Speech...) |
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> Being that my intention is to run TradeStation and hopefully make some |
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> money I'm not if I qualify anymore. |
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> >> |
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> >> 2) Are there any prebuilt XP images that would save me the hassle of |
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> >> installing Win XP and just allow me to validate with my existing keys? |
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> >> Is this the purpose of vmware-player? (which doesn't seem to have |
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> >> fetch restrictions...) |
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> > Many sites (like this one: |
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> http://www.filestube.com/v/vmware+windows+image) |
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> > offer you ready-to-go vmdk images. Google will help you find a lot of |
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> sites |
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> > like this one. |
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> >> |
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> >> 3) In some ways the most important question is what are the Open |
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> >> Source alternatives and how easy are they to set up? |
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> > There are (at least) three alternatives: VirtualBox ( |
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> > http://www.virtualbox.org , http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/VirtualBox ), |
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> kVM |
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> > ( http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page , |
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> > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/KVM ) and Qemu ( http://www.qemu.org/ |
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> > , http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/QEmu ) |
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> > In my opinion, VirtualBox is a very good (and open source) alternative to |
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> > VMWare, and if all you need out of the virtualization software is to be |
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> able |
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> > to run TradeStation, I'd definitely go for this one. |
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> > kVM and Qemu can be a bit confusing for a beginner (in virtualization), |
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> and, |
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> > although they can offer better performance than vbox, I don't think |
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> they're |
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> > worth the hassle for your specific needs. |
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> I guess virtualbox-box is non-GPL? I have to accept Sun's PUEL. Not a |
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> big deal to me I suppose. It's a pretty simple document and I'm a |
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> pretty simple guy. Good fit. |
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there's a virtualbox version which is licensed under gplv2, but it doesn't |
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have some guest additions that are included inside the bin package. anyway |
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the bin package is free for personal use. i've read that license, and SUN |
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does grant you the personal use of the software even for production |
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environments, as long ad it is you that install it and use it, and as long |
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as other users of the pc you're using are installing their own copy. if you |
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still want to be totally free you could just emerge the non bin version. |
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remember to also install the virtualbox-modules. |
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dott. ing. beso |