Hi, If you're going to run no more than one or two VMs simultaneously, the 4GB should be fine.
Rony -----Original Message----- From: David Suna [mailto:da...@davidsconsultants.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:27 PM To: ro...@acm.org Cc: 'linux-il' Subject: Re: RE: Virtualization recommendation 4GB should be enough. Right? David Suna da...@davidsconsultants.com ronys wrote: > Hi, > > Here's another vote for VirtualBox. Using it in both Windows host / Linux > guest, Linux(64bit) / Linux(32bit) and Linux / Windows. Integration with > host is excellent. Support is also quick & responsive. > > You might want to make sure your laptop has a healthy amount of RAM, > regardless of the virtualization solution you choose. > > Rony > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il] > On Behalf Of David Suna > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:53 AM > To: linux-il > Subject: Virtualization recommendation > > I just bought a new Gateway laptop that comes with Windows Vista (and a > free upgrade to Windows 7). I want to be able to run both Linux (Ubuntu > is my preferred distribution) and Windows (Vista for now, Windows 7 in > the future) using virtualization. I have not gotten into virtualization > until now so I wanted recommendations about how to go about doing this. > >> >From what I have read so far I have the following options: >> > > 1. Host on Windows using VMWare (either VMware Player or Workstation) > > 2. Host on Windows using Microsoft Virtual PC > > 3. Host on Linux using VMWare, Xen etc but then I have to deal with > installing Windows since the laptop comes with it but does not have > separate installation disks > > > Recommendations for or against any of the above or information about > other options that I left out would be appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
