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On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:14:15 +0100 |
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Felix Kuperjans <felix@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Would somebody please give me some hints which packages I should be |
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> > looking at, and perhaps any use flags I might need. |
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> VirtualBox is quite easy for beginners, but requires external kernel |
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> modules and requires a GUI (what you most probably want anyway). |
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That's not true. |
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VBoxHeadless implements practically everything you can do in the gui, |
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and the built-in RDP server lets you connect from other machines so the |
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host doesn't need to run a gui either. |
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A GUI is strongly recommended, some thing are just easier with |
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pointy-clicky, but it's far from required. |
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External kernel modules are no big deal either. You need the same with |
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VMWare. It's just a package you emerge and modules-rebuild is there to |
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help you remember what must be rebuilt with every kernel build. These |
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days you have to do the same with xorg-modules whenever you upgrade |
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Xorg, so even that is not an issue anymore. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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