Fedora & XP on same machine, good bad or ugly

[Robert L Cochran]

I too like using virtualization. My current laptop has Intel 
Virtualization Technology and can go up to 8 Gb of memory. I want to 
mainly run Windows XP and Fedora 11 guest systems, share the data 
between them, and do all my serious work in the guests.

I like securing private things too and being able to encrypt the virtual 
file systems is a nice feature.

Bob


On 05/02/2009 09:14 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 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.
>