[GRLUG] virtualbox vs vmware

[Michael Mol]

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>
>  On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 10:02 -0500, west mi wrote:
>>
>>> I am using virtualbox, but thinking about vmware- I dont know anything
>>> about it, except fer what Google tells me, which is a lot. Too much,
>>> actually, and I can't make sense out of a lot of it. Any opinions?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, VirtualBox is a toy.  VMware is a tool.  Go VMware, accept no
>> substitutes.  Works flawlessly, updates are easy, tools are reliable,
>> performance trouble-free.  The naggling / niggling little issues with
>> VirtualBox easily consume enough time to justify the very reasonable costs
>> of VMware Workstations [and ESX is free].
>>
>> Note that I'm talking about VMware Workstation and/or ESX - not their free
>> versions [which are junk by comparison, IMO].
>>
>>  I'm having trouble getting Magicjack to work in a virtual windows, it
>>> works, but there is a severe lag, or freezing up,choppy sound. I'm on a
>>> kubuntu 10.04 set up.
>>>
>>
> I left VMWare Workstation for Virtualbox a few years ago for seamless mode.
>  At the time VMWare couldn't do seamless mode, and Virtualbox did, and that
> made it worth it right there.  I've been perfectly content with vbox ever
> since, so I never bothered to see if vmware could do it yet.
>
> Anyone know?
>
> Topher


VMWare Workstation supports Unity, which sounds like the same thing as
Seamless mode. I've tested and enjoyed this running a Linux guest on a
Windows host. I've not tested this with a Windows guest on a Linux host.

However, I'll be quite pleased to be made aware when libvirt can do it. :)

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