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bunyip ~ # esearch VirtualBox |
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[ Results for search key : VirtualBox ] |
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[ Applications found : 8 ] |
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* app-emulation/virtualbox |
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Latest version available: 4.0.12 |
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Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] |
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Size of downloaded files: 67,936 kB |
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Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/ |
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Description: Family of powerful x86 virtualization products for |
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enterprise as well as home use |
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License: GPL-2 |
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I'd recommend vbox then ... just works. Almost as easy as dual boot and |
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less risk to the base system (i.e., getting the disk order wrong on |
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install and overwriting the existing OS) - by the way sharing your home |
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directory (vs /home as a different user) is fraught - many apps use |
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different configs depending on versions - 'evolution' for instance could |
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really break your email as later versions switch to a database format |
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and subsequent versions fiddle with it. |
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Install it, open vbox-manager from the menu and create a new VM with |
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whatever specs you want, put the CD for suse in and point the Vbox CD to |
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it in setup and "go". You might need to read up on kernel options for |
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virtualisation if you have a customised kernel vs genkernel to get the |
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best (almost native) performance. |
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Love vms for dev work - snapshot it regularly so you can wind back the |
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clock when necessary ... |
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BillK |
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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Andrew Lowe <agl@×××××××.au> |
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Reply-to: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing /home and swap |
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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:37:34 +0800 |
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On 28/12/2011 1:30 PM, W.Kenworthy wrote: |
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> If its only one app, why not use a small vm (qemu, vbox etc.)? - best of |
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> both worlds. |
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Basically because I've done nothing with these thingies and have no |
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experience with them and therefore didn't think of them...... Might be |
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worth looking into - got a link to a "20 words or less" intro? |
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> Also, why only on Suse? - you can often work around differences with |
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> ld-preload and other tricks. |
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The third party app is under development, I'm tying some stuff into it, |
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and things are a bit fluid at the moment. I think basically taking a |
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couple of hours to set something up once and that's it is quicker than |
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trying to work around library problems that will arise in an ongoing manner. |
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> BillK |
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Andrew |
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