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On 1/10/06, Tom Smith <tom71713-gentoo52478932@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I've been using Win4Lin TS 3.0 for some time to server Win98SE to five |
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> remote users for legacy application support. |
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> I'm currently testing the recently released Win4Lin Pro TS server |
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> running Win2k as an intended replacement for the old TS server. This is |
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> where I came across QEMU... |
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> QEMU appears to have functionality similar to VMWare (I haven't tried it |
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> yet). I'm curious to here other Gentoo users' experience with this |
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> software. I will be using in a production environment so stability and |
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> uptime are very important, as are reasonable performance. |
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I used it to run the Office Viewers, hate when you receive a .doc with |
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strange chars and everything borked, WMP is the only thing that runs |
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some cranky pieces of video files decently, some sites only work |
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decently with IE and other apps are still to be correct run under |
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stuff like wine and such. I have an old license for win98 and so it |
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was my choice, besides any other would run too slowly because I only |
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have an Athlon XP 1.6, but it runs flawless for a long time. Instant |
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boot with the savevm and loadvm commands make it even better than the |
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real thing :) |
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I never had problems, you can install the OS and use the -snapshot |
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mode to never really "mess" with the original install, and even commit |
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changes after you feel its safe. |
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I must mention that the kqemu kernel module (needed in order to |
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provide decent speed) has a different license (its proprietary |
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software), and without it I couldn't stand the wait, so, I use it. I |
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don't know if it fits your needs and never used it at production |
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environment, but it is as stable as Win itself (heh), at least for me. |
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> I would very much appreciate any feedback you all can give me about your |
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> experience with QEMU. |
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> Best Wishes, |
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> Tom |
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