Fedora & XP on same machine, good bad or ugly

[Jerry Feldman]

On 04/30/2009 08:32 PM, Steven Kemp wrote:
> Good Idea? on different hard drives. XP home installed now.
> Good, Bad or ugly? Recommendations.
> Steve
>
Context: I run the BLU Linux Installfests that we have in Boston about 
once every quarter. Most of the time we set up dual booting Windows and 
Linux, but more recently I have been advocating using virtualization. My 
preference is to use Linux as the host OS (because the Linux file system 
is better), and Windows as the guest SO. I personally have Virtualbox 
installed on my Ubuntu laptop (XP and F10 as guests), and KVM/QEMU 
installed on my desktop system with XP and Vista as guests. You will pay 
a bit of a performance penalty, but there are some clear advantages. 
First, the container file (VMWare or Virtualbox) can easily be moved and 
backed up. You can take snapshots. However, it is important to note that 
you do need sufficient memory so virtualization is not recommended for 
older or low-end systems. Additionally, with virtualization you can 
share data between the guests and the host by designating one or more 
directories as a share. The real advantage of virtualization is that you 
can use both the host and guests simultaneously. Let's say I have an app 
that can only run on Windows. I bring up Windows as a VM, run the app. I 
can leave Windows up and running or shut it down when I am done.

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 251 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20090502/95cb2b4d/attachment-0001.sig>