[Discuss] Thinkpad T60p and Kubuntu

[Ronald Schouten]

No I didn't know that. Very cool. When I upgrade to Gutsy I'll give VMWare a
try.

I honestly can't recall the exact trouble I was having. It was probably the
result of downloading the wrong version of VMWare for what I wanted to do
(too many version).

One thing I read about VirtualBox is that it now supports the seemless app
hosting just like the parallels on Mac (I haven't actually seen this
working). This isn't that important to me but if someone is planning to use
a Windows app on a regular basis it could be a nice feature.

Ron

On 12/10/2007, Jeremy Kiffiak <jeremy at truesolutions.ca> wrote:
>
> Ron,
>
> Did you know that VMWare Server can be found in an Ubuntu
> repository?  That is how I installed it.  It is as easy as an apt-get
> away.  What was the difficulty with the install?
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> On 12-Oct-07, at 5:13 PM, Ronald Schouten wrote:
>
> > For me, VirtualBox was easier to get running than VMServer - and
> > that was
> > the main selling point. It does support snapshots, but I'm not sure
> > about
> > templates.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On 12/10/2007, Jeremy Kiffiak <jeremy at truesolutions.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> Michael,
> >>
> >> On the subject of virtualization I have only used VMWare software
> >> "seriously" myself.  However, from what you are describing it sounds
> >> like Wine is the right choice for you.  It is very simply to install
> >> and setup on Ubuntu, especially 7.10.   I would imagine tt will also
> >> chew up far less system resources then a full blown VM and guest OS.
> >> If you can get away with running Wine then do it.
> >>
> >> Jeremy
> >>
> >> ps:  Ron & Chris:  I have never used Virtualbox.  Does Virtualbox
> >> support taking snapshots of VM's?  Creating VM templates for easily
> >> creating new VM's?  I am asking because I am currently looking at
> >> purchasing a VM server for myself.  What other features/info can you
> >> give me about Virtualbox that would be compelling as a current VMWare
> >> user?
> >>
> >> On 12-Oct-07, at 2:47 PM, Michael wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello all, nice to see things are working again. Congrats to the
> >>> admins!
> >>>
> >>>     I am waiting on delivery of a Thinkpad T60p, which I plan on
> >>> putting
> >>> Kubuntu 7.10 on. This represents my long planned move away from
> >>> Mandriva
> >>> towards the Ubuntu efforts. I have done a ton of research to make
> >>> sure
> >>> things will go smoothly, but I always like to get the opinions and
> >>> experiences of others ... so ... what I would like to know is this;
> >>>
> >>>     1. Have any of you had any experience with Thinkpads in the
> >>> recent
> >>> past? I have done a lot of research to make sure that things will go
> >>> smoothly, but reality and what we learn on the intertubes are
> >>> seldom the
> >>> same animal. In particular I am concerned with the ATI FireGL
> >>> graphics
> >>> card ... it seems to be supported via both the vendor and a few open
> >>> source projects, but until I see it I am hesitant to believe it.
> >>>
> >>>     2. Recommendations and opinions regarding VMware vs. Virtual
> >>> Box vs.
> >>> Xen for use in Kubuntu to guest XP Pro. I am completely new at
> >>> virtualization, and am therefore looking for the easiest to
> >>> implement
> >>> virtualization environment to run my extremely seldom used XP
> >>> software.
> >>> To give some perspective on this, if it looks to be too onerous I
> >>> will
> >>> instead spend my time figuring out Wine, and simply do platform
> >>> testing
> >>> on my wife's system. The software I would be using most I know to be
> >>> quite functional in Wine.
> >>>
> >>>     That's it. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or tips,
> >>> and in
> >>> case anyone is wondering, I am making slow but happy progress
> >>> with the
> >>> Python self-education. :-)
> >>>
> >>>     Michael.
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