Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:07:10 -0700 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Grant <orblists@thingysrealm.myftp.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware alternative for freebsd? Message-ID: <20050420110710.GI4192@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c544e5$cc574c80$c10415ac@main.net.brooklands.ac.uk> References: <0IF700MUN4E72S40@store.etat.lu> <000001c544e5$cc574c80$c10415ac@main.net.brooklands.ac.uk>
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--v2/QI0iRXglpx0hK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 02:43:38PM +0100, Grant wrote: >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Didier Wiroth > > Sent: 19 April 2005 14:35 > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: vmware alternative for freebsd? >=20 >=20 > > the ports tree. I was wondering if there are any alternatives to vmware, > > commercial or freeware. I'm talking about a host version (I'm not talki= ng > > about guest OSes). >=20 > Hey, >=20 > There is a few out there for fbsd.. but the only one I have used with > success is qemu. >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/emulators/qemu/pkg-descr >=20 > Its quite quick, but I feel it isn't as quick as vmware is/was. >=20 > But it is something to look at, if its just simple things you need from it > it will be fine, but anything CPU heavy I find its not great on. >=20 > Another one that you might want to look at is bochs > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/emulators/bochs/pkg-descr There is also wine, depending on what exactly you need. Dosbox is nice if all you need to do runs in dos. >=20 > I cant really say much about this one, I've tried it before but never got > anywhere, so it might be good for what you need. Or it might be rubbish :) >=20 > Anyways gotta do some work :) > Bye.=20 > Grant. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2 =20 --v2/QI0iRXglpx0hK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCZjfebTXoRwEYo9IRAqPrAJ4peZWoQD7GHWcF0BeYb0Uhb6WZvgCdGCcX A0T1OuDI6VrYaqaKD9Qjo4k= =RtxV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --v2/QI0iRXglpx0hK--
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