RE: COMPUTING: Virtualisation
July 14, 2009 at 9:43 am
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2009 at 9:43 am by Rob.)
I find both vmware and virtualbox obstruct the completion of the desired task, to emulate hardware. Therefore I opt to use QEMU. It's a command line program with a daunting list of parameters, luckily few of which are necessary. Using qemu allows the user to quickly begin emulating the target hardware quickly and without obstruction from a gui. It's feature rich as well. Virtualbox uses QEMU as a foundation and therefore QEMU can be considered a lighter more powerful version of Virtualbox. I understand that most people aren't conferable with the command line and therefore this tool explicitly castors to the power users.
Usually, i visualise a version of windows server 2003 and use it to share a variety of windows programs such as MS office and adobe photoshop in a cloud computing manor across the network on all sorts of platforms. More recently, I've been doing some Linux kernel development. QEMU allows me to specify a kernel on the host platform and boot it. Allowing me to test the latest code without having to restart my computer.
Usually, i visualise a version of windows server 2003 and use it to share a variety of windows programs such as MS office and adobe photoshop in a cloud computing manor across the network on all sorts of platforms. More recently, I've been doing some Linux kernel development. QEMU allows me to specify a kernel on the host platform and boot it. Allowing me to test the latest code without having to restart my computer.
Hoi Zaeme.
