Sometime I like to test out some Distro but I do not want to format my hard disk but I just want to use it to see how it work and maybe can try out Window 7. So I need some advise on what is the best virtual software to run different OS. Is it Virtual Box, VM ware, Qemu or KVM. Thank to anyone who reply.
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Well if you don't want to reformat your hard drive then that limits the scope of available applications to run a Virtual system. What OS are you currently running and what hardware do you have in the system (CPU's, Memory, Available HD Space)? Personally the best one I …
Jump to PostI advise you to use VMware server, its simple to use with nice gui, no need to setup nodes. I was using it before couple of years, now I am using workstation.
Jump to PostI've never tried running vmware on a *nix system, but of the lot vmware is surely the best because it' commercial product.
Jump to PostVMware is based on a Linux Kernel and really easy to use if you just do a little reading first. As for licensing you can get a free copy of ESXi to install by simply registering at their site. There are several companies in our Datacenter running multiple servers off …
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