[GRLUG] Virtual OS in Linux

[Ben DeMott]

ESXi (free, runs as what's know as 'HyperVisor' - this will get you used to
running VMWare products, but you have no Host OS to play with... and
hardware support is limited.)

If you are more brave, there is VMWare Virtual Server 2.0 - Runs directly on
Fedora 9 for me, and many others (SUSE) - Install this and a PAE Kernel, and
you can run a pretty mean server.

Most ISP's and Hosting Companies use Xen Virtualization for Linux - which is
good to know, for clustered apache, mysql/pgsql installs.

Windows was offering their Virtual Server 2008 for free, and they have some
very interesting emerging technologies... although you have to run
everything on a Microsoft platform so they still got ya for the host
license.

Good Luck!

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Adam M. Erickson <adam at openfad.com> wrote:

> I have been running Virtual Box from Sun on Ubuntu for a few years now
> because it is easy for me to back up and run the virtual disk on any
> other Linux install.
>
> Is there anything else that runs on Linux for ***free*** that could
> also be run from Linux that would help me advance my education and
> qualify me for a better job position someday? (getting laid off for a
> few weeks so I'll have a lot of time on my hands to work on this.)
>
> Free being the key word. I have search some of the archives since I
> joined the GRLUG mailing list but most virtual discussions discussed
> products but not price.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam M. Erickson
> ae at openfad.com
> "Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before
> breakfast." - Lewis Carroll
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