On Wednesday 19 August 2015 00:48:56 Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > My experience of virtualization has been with Vmware "player" > > running on Windows. This is, for me, rather neat since I can > > easily create instances of *bsd flavors from the relevant > > install iso's. > > > > I need advice on how to do this on Jessie. What Debian > > virtualization packages do people like? I guess I should say I > > am looking for a host package that runs on linux, and supports > > *bsd guests. > > > > All suggestions will receive fair and impartial consideration! > > VirtualBox. It's easy, and installs and runs like an app. However, I > don't use the version in the Debian repo. I download directly from the > VirtualBox web site, and have its installer set everything up, etc. > Be sure to read, study and follow the instructions. > > B
I too use VirtualBox and concur in recommending using the upstream version. Lisi
