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> > Typically speaking the LiveCD lags several versions behind the latest |
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> > kernel.org kernel so it's not a 100% indicator whether things will |
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> > work. |
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> for example, opensuse's one was always current with the distro. the distro |
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> was out less than 14 days ago and included a lot of new packages. that one i |
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> pretty good in terms of drivers (has the 2.6.22r8 if i don't miss). |
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> your affirmation is good to point out that if livecd works out then surely |
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> the installed distro would surelly go well. |
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> i was forgetting: for all the new processors it's possibile to run |
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> paravirtualized windows on linux with xen. so you can run windows and linux |
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> at the same time if you need to. also i would recommend installing linux on |
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> a lvm2 (on the gentoo docs should be some instructions on how to do it). |
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However you may end up fighting with the fact xen-sources usually lags |
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several major versions behind gentoo-sources; and also end up fighting |
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with qemu-dm to get your hardware virtualized copy of Windows running. |
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Last I checked HVM is also quite slow. |
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Given all the options I've stuck with VMware for virtualizing MS |
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Windows lately. Obviously not acceptable if you can't live with a |
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binary blob though, although these days you can pick up VMware Server |
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for free and it's perfectly functional. |
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